The Aardvark
Kingdom: Animalia
multicellular with specialized eukaryotic cells
rely on other organisms for nourishment
ingest food and digest food in an internal cavity
have their own means of locomotion
Phylum: Chotrdata
bilaterally symmetrical bodies
at some point of their life cycle they have a pair of gill slits or pouches used to obtain oxygen in a liquid environment
have a notochord at some time of their life cycle
members often have a head, tail, and digestive systemwith openings at both ends of their body
Class: Mammilia
concieve their young within the reproductive tract of the mother
nourish young with milk produced by the mammary glands
are heterodonts
are endothermic
they have hair and sweet glands
they have a four chambered heart
they have a complex nervous system
they have large brains
Order: Tubulidentates
Family: Orycteropodidae
Aardvarks
Genius: Orycteropus
Species : Afer
References: http://www.animaldiversity.com
Aardvark
Roses are red
Aardvarks are gray
Violets are blue
and they won't eat you