An aardvark looks like a pig with rabbit ears. The word aardvark means earth pig. Its ears stick up high on its head. An aardvark head is mostly snout. The snout is long and thin. The aardvark uses its snout to sniff for termite holes. An aardvark’s tongue is long and sticky. It is used to lick up termites.

An aardvark can be up to 6.5 feet long. A grown aardvark can weigh 110 to 155 pounds. Like a pig, an aardvark has short coarse hair. Each aardvark has a long thin tail. It also has sharp claws. If there is danger an aardvark rolls on its back. Now it can swipe at predators with its claws.

An aardvark is nocturnal. This mammal hunts termites at night. Burrows are where aardvarks spend the day. An aardvark is a fast digger. One aardvark can did a hole two feet deep in only 15 seconds.

An aardvark lives alone most of the time. A female aardvark gives birth one time a year. She has one baby at a time. The baby aardvark lives with its mother for about a year.