Orycteropus

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Orycteropus - coextensive with the family Orycteropodidaegenus Orycteropusmammal genus - a genus of mammalsfamily Orycteropodidae, Orycteropodidae - aardvarksaardvark, Orycteropus afer, ant bear, anteater - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata