The name “aardvark” is inspired by their excavation ... Despite some morphological and dietary similarities with New World anteaters, aardvarks and anteaters are not related, and any ...

The aardvark looks like a few other animals — the anteater, the armadillo, the pig — but it’s closely related to none of them. It may be one of the world’s few unique creatures.

Although they have some similar physical characteristics, anteaters have quite a bit of fur and short ears, whereas the aardvark is nearly furless with long ears. Echidnas, often called "spiny ...

A marsupial, the numbat is more closely related to kangaroos and the extinct Tasmanian tiger than to spiny anteaters. The aardvark, or Cape anteater, occurs in the southern half of Africa and is ...