Orycteropus abundulafus
| Orycteropus abundulafus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Tubulidentata |
| Family: | Orycteropodidae |
| Genus: | Orycteropus |
| Species: | O. abundulafus |
| Binomial name | |
| Orycteropus abundulafus LEHMANN, VIGNAUD, LIKIUS & BRUNET, 2005 | |
Orycteropus abundulafus is an extinct species of aardvark.[1] Its fossil was found in northern Chad. It lived in the Mio-Pliocene epochs.
References
- ↑ Lehmann, Thomas; Vignaud, Patrick; Likius, Andossa; Brunet, Michel (2005). "A new species of Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) in the Mio-Pliocene of northern Chad". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (1): 109–131. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00143.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
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