Taxa

Tubulidentata

Order

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Tubulidentata." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-tubulidentata.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Tubulidentata. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-tubulidentata

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-tubulidentata,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Tubulidentata},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-tubulidentata},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Tubulidentata is an order of mammals whose only living representative is the aardvark, placed in the family Orycteropodidae, of which the order is today effectively a synonym since no other family survives. The order name refers to the aardvark distinctive tubule-shaped teeth, which lack enamel.

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