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