Трубкозуб (Orycteropus afer) — насекомоядное среднего размера, которое встречается по всей территории Тропической Африки. Трубкозубы обладают розово-серой кожей с редкими жёсткими волосами, большими тонкими ушами и вытянутой головой с длинной мордочкой, напоминающей свиной пятачок. Длина тела взрослого трубкозуба составляет от 105 см до 130 см, длина хвоста — от 60 см до 70 см. Весит он от 40 кг до 65 кг, причём самцы немного крупнее самок.
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Orycteropus afer
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Animal Facts
Aardvarks only have four toes on their front legs, possibly adapted to form ‘shovel like’ feet for digging.
Aardvarks have a symbiotic relationship with a species called the ‘aardvark cucumber’, a plant which grows underground and depends entirely on the aardvark for the dispersal of its seeds. The cucumber is the only non-insect food that the aardvark eats.
Female aardvarks have a white tail tip, believed to make it easier for their cub to follow them in the darkness of their burrows and during foraging.
The tongue of the aardvark is 30cm long, sticky and is used to track through tunnels of ant and termite hills to collect many insects at once.
Abandoned aardvark burrows are important habitats for other animals – mostly warthogs and hyenas.