1. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
   "The Orycteropus afer's long tongue helps it extract termites from their mounds";
   - aardvark, ant bear, anteater

Type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

Part of: genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus

Encyclopedia: Orycteropus afer