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aardvark
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[or
African ant bear
] Heavily built mammal (
Orycteropus afer
) of sub-Saharan forests and plains. Its stout, piglike body (aardvark is Afrikaans for earth pig) may be as long as 6 ft (1.8 m), including a 2-ft (60-cm) tail. It has a long snout, rabbitlike ears, short ...