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References

• 1. IUCN Red List (June, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist.org
• 2. Shoshani, J., Goldman, C.A. and Thewissen, J.G.M. (1988) Orycteropus afer. Mammalian Species, 300: 1 - 8.
• 3. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• 4. CITES Species Identification Manual (July, 2008) http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/ID/index.php
• 5. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
• 6. Whittington-Jones, G.M. (2006) The role of aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) as ecosystem engineers in arid and semi-arid landscapes of South Africa. Thesis, Rhodes University.
• Foy, Sally; Oxford Scientific Films. 1982. The Grand Design: Form and Colour in Animals. Lingfield, Surrey, U.K.: BLA Publishing Limited for J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, Aldine House, London. 238 p.
• Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press.
• Knöthig, J. 2005. "Biology of the Aardvark" (On-line). Accessed March 18, 2010 at http://www.tierseiten.com/roehrenzaehner/aardvark.pdf.
• Lehmann, T. 2009. Phylogeny and systematics of Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155: 649-702.
• Mutlow, A., H. Mutlow. 2008. Caesarian section and neonatal care in the aardvark (orycteropus afer). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 39: 260-262.
• Oxford University Press. 2009. "Oxford Reference Online" (On-line). A Dictionary of Zoology. Accessed March 26, 2010 at .
• Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
• Tabruce, R., R. Asher, T. Lehmann. 2008. Afrotherian mammals: a review of current data. Mammalia, 72: 2-14.
• Taylor, W., J. Skinner. 2003. Activity patterns, home ranges and burrow use of aardvarks (orycteropus after) in Karoo. Journal of Zoology, 261: 291-297.
• Taylor, W., P. Lindsey, J. Skinner. 2002. The feeding ecology of the aardvark Orycteropus afer. Journal of Arid Environments, 50: 135-152.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2000
• Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204