What is the name of a female aardvark?
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What do you call a baby Aardvark Cub?
What is a young baby aardvark called? Female aardvarks typically give birth to one newborn each year. A baby aardvark is called a cub. When born a cub weighs around 2 kg. The Aardvark cub is able to leave the burrow to accompany its mother after only two weeks, and is eating termites at 14 weeks and is weaned by 16 weeks. Where do aardvarks live?
Is the aardvark an animal of its own species?
In fact, the aardvark occupies its own order, family, and species and is all alone on its own branch in the tree of animal classification. The aardvark is the last surviving member of an odd and primitive order of ungulates (hooved animals) and might have survived by evolving away from hooves and developing…
How did the Aardvark anteater get its name?
The name “aardvark” is from the Afrikaans language, which can be traced back to “erdvark” which means “ground pig” or “earth pig”. However, despite the name, Aardvarks have no relation to pigs. They have also been named “Cape Anteaters” after the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
Now you know that a female aardvark is called a sow. Go here to learn what the next female animal on our list is called. Go here to look up what different kinds of female animals are called.
How did the Aardvark get its name Tubulidentata?
The name Tubulidentata refers to the characteristic structure of these mammals’ teeth, which consist of bundles of tubes filled with a protein called vasodentin, rather than more conventional molars and incisors (oddly enough, aardvarks are born with “normal” mammalian teeth in the front of their snouts, which soon fall out and are not replaced).
Is the Aardvark part of the anteater family?
Not even anteaters. In fact, the aardvark occupies its own order, family, and species and is all alone on its own branch in the tree of animal classification.
How big is an aardvark compared to a pig?
Aardvarks are about the size of a small pig. Typically, they weigh from 110 to 180 lbs. (50 to 82 kilograms). From head to rump, aardvarks are 43 to 53 inches (109 to 135 centimeters) long, and their tail adds another 21 to 26 inches (53 to 66 cm) to its length, according to National Geographic.
