Aardvark
Orycteropus afer
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderTubulidentata (Aardvarks)
- FamilyOrycteropodidae (Aardvarks)
- GenusOrycteropus (Aardvarks)
- SpeciesOrycteropus afer (Aardvark)
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 4 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 12 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Aardvark in Addo Elephant National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Aardvark sighting in Addo Elephant National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Aardvark in Addo Elephant National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Aardvark in Addo Elephant National Park in our monthly data.