Aardvarks

Animal: aardvarks
Overshadowed by: anteaters
Scientific name: orycteropus afer
Predators: lions, leopards, African wild dogs, hyenas, and pythons  
Classification: mammal
size: 88 to 140 lbs
diet: mostly termites and ants, but sometimes small mammals, and is a carnivore.
Hunting strategy: digs through termite mounds and uses their long tongues to slurp up the insects
population: not even close to endangered                  
closest relatives: elephant,elephant shrew, manatees, hyrax, dugongs, golden moles, and tenrec.
AKA: living fossil, and earth pig.
Facts: aardvarks tongues can be up to 12 in long,  aardvarks can dig a burro 2ft deep in 30sec,  an aardvark can give birth to 1 cub per year, aardvarks can live up to 23 years in captivity, aardvarks are the only living species of tubuild, and aardvarks live in burros under the African savanna, grasslands, and forest.