The aardvark is sometimes colloquially called "African ant bear",[5] "anteater", or the "Cape anteater"[5] after the Cape of Good Hope. The name "aardvark" (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈɑːrtfɐrk]) comes from earlier Afrikaans (erdvark)[5] and means "earth pig" or "ground pig" (aarde earth/ground, vark pig), because of its burrowing habits[6] (similar origin to the name groundhog). The name Orycteropus means burrowing foot, and the name afer refers to Africa.[7] The name of the aardvarks's order, Tubulidentata comes from the tubule style teeth.[8]