Aardvark

Orycteropus afer
Mhanga (Swahili)

Habitat
Semi-desert areas, savannahs, woodlands

Conservation status
Least concern

Biology
Aardvarks are solitary, nocturnal creatures, spending the daylight hours in burrows. At night, they forage for ants and termites. They use their claws to dig through the rock-hard crust of a termite mound, extracting the insects with their long, sticky tongue.

Diorama

1935

The scene is dimly lit, showing the creatures on a nocturnal hunt.

Provenance

1900, Frateck (company), London, 18 June 1935, Tanga, Tanzania, H. Tanner

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