VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

TUBELIDENTATA

• These animals have stout, pig like body with thick skin.
• Long snout with round nostrils at the tip.
• The tongue is protrusible.
• Long ears are present.
• Aardvark is the only representative of this order. The other common names include earth hog, ant bear and many local African names. This is a nocturnal animal.