These are medium sized, burrowing nocturnal mammals native to Africa, they have long snout,similar to that of a pig which is used to sniff out food.
They are sometimes called African ant bear.
They have long sticky tongues which can be up to 12 inches (30 centimeters) long.
Each night,they are able to dig up termite mounds and ant nests and slurp up and swallow tens of thousands of insects.
Aardvarks are most active at night and tend to live a lone.
