NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Orycteropus
  Family - Orycteropodidae
  Order - Tubulidentata
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer adametzi
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer aethiopicus
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer afer
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer angolensis
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer erikssoni
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer faradjius
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer haussanus
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer kordofanicus
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer lademanni
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer leptodon
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer matschiei
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer observandus
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer ruvanensis
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer senegalensis
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer somalicus
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer wardi
      Subspecies - Orycteropus afer wertheri