Orycteropus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner, digger”) + Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”). === Proper noun === Orycteropus m A taxonomic genus within the family Orycteropodidae – the aardvark and its extinct close relatives. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Tubulidentata - order; Orycteropodidae - family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Orycteropus afer - type and sole living accepted species ==== Descendants ==== → English: orycterope → French: oryctérope === References === Orycteropus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Orycteropus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Orycteropus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Orycteropus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell. Orycteropus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Orycteropus at National Center for Biotechnology Information Orycteropus at AnimalBase “Orycteropus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026