Aardvark

Aardvark

Orycteropus afer

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kruger National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
0–10
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
0–10
Jun
0–10
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
0–10
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
0–10%
2 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
3 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
4 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
5 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
6 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
7 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
8 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
9 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
10 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
11 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
12 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Aardvark in Kruger National Park?

About 4% of visitor-days record a Aardvark sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Aardvark in Kruger National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Aardvark in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.

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