Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Alternative combination: Myrmecophaga afra
Synonyms: Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin 1788, Orycteropus capensis Gmelin 1788, Orycteropus haussanus Matschie 1900, Orycteropus senegalensis Schinz 1845, Orycteropus wertheri Matschie 1900
Belongs to Orycteropus according to M. Pickford 2005
See also Giebel 1883, Lehmann 2007, Peters 1990 and Pickford 1975
Sister taxa: Orycteropus abundulafus, Orycteropus browni, Orycteropus chemeldoi, Orycteropus crassidens, Orycteropus depereti, Orycteropus djourabensis, Orycteropus erikssoni, Orycteropus gaudryi, Orycteropus leptodon, Orycteropus mauritanicus, Orycteropus minutus, Orycteropus pilgrimi, Orycteropus pottieri, Orycteropus sensi
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore
Average measurements (in mm): femur diameter 22.4, humerus diameter 20.0, radius diameter 14.0, tibia diameter 22.0
Estimated body mass: 52.3 kg based on femur diameter, humerus diameter, and tibia diameter
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (3 collections), Kenya (5), South Africa (12), Sudan (2), Tanzania (1), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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