Aardvark
The aardvark (or Orycteropus afer) is a medium-sized insectivore that lives throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
They have pink-grey skin with sparse, coarse hair, large slender ears, and an elongated head that ends in a pig-like snout.
Males are slightly larger than females, but both sexes are generally between 105cm and 130cm long, have a tail between 60cm and 70cm, and weigh between 40kg and 65kg.
Orycteropus afer
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Dislikes rain and snow.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Grass | 20% | 70% |
| Sand | 0% | 30% |
| Soil | 20% | 50% |
| Rock | 0% | 20% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 2
African savannah group2
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 2 or higher 14
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Chain Link grade 2 · $1 · climbable
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Rope Netting grade 2 · $2 · climbable
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 5
- Cardboard Box Toy · score 100 · $100
- Herb Scent Marker Toy · score 50 · $100
- Rubbing Pad Toy · score 100 · $100
- Rubbing Pad Bark Toy · score 100 · $100
- Small Ball Toy · score 100 · $100
Enrichment target: toys 100 + 100 per additional adult; feeders 10 + 5 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Nutritionally Complete Meat + Mealworms
- Food / drink amount
- 2 / 5
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $450 / $625 / $625
- Feeders
- Food Bowl - Large, Food Bowl - Small, Slow Feeder, Termite Mound, Natural Termite Mound, Dog Ball, Melon Feeder
- Lifespan
- 18–28 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 2 yr / 5 yr / 11 yr / 16 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0.583 yr / 1.417 yr
- Litter
- 1–1
- Fertility
- 0.3
- Mating system
- Polygynous
- Breeds in
- Summer
- Dominance
- None
- Ecosystem roles
- Small Prey, Soil Rooters, Terrestrial Foragers
- Wild population
- Unknown
- Guests flee if it escapes
- No
With the exception of a mother and her cub, aardvarks are solitary in nature. They only interact when mating or competing over mates.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Orycteropus afer
- Class
- Mammalia
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Biome
- Grassland
- Continent
- Africa
- Cohabitation groups
- African savannah group2
- Content
- Base game