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--> FAMILY Orycteropodidae
GENUS Orycteropus
| Author: | G. Cuvier, 1798. | | Citation: | Tabl. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim., 1798: 144. | | Type Species: | Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin, 1788 (= Myrmecophaga afra Pallas, 1766). | | Comments: | Sherborn (1902:701) and Allen (1939:270) gave Orycteropus "Geoffroy, Decad. Phil. et Litt. XXVIII. 1795", but it is untraceable. Meester et al. (1986:182) reviewed and assigned the correct generic name. |
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