Orycteropus
Group Placental mammals
Date Middle Miocene to present
Size 1.5m long
Location Africa, Europe
The sole living Orycteropus species is the aardvark. Not only is it the only species in the genus, it is also the only survivor in the entire mammal order Tubulidentata. Where it sleeps during the day, for protection from predators, and comes out at night to feed on insects.it uses its sharp front claws to tear open termite nest then laps up the insects with its extremely long toclude.