They are burrowing animals, because they like to dig into the ground. In fact, aardvarks live underground in burrows. Their bodies are perfect for digging. All their legs are short and they have big, sharp claws on their front feet. The burrow may be a simple hole in the ground, or can be much fancier, with as many as 20 entrances and exits and several rooms.
Aardvarks keep their homes clean.
They go to the bathroom in a hole they dig. Making the hole some distance from their burrow, they cover up what they do with dirt. Sometimes, other animals use the old burrows for their homes. Birds, lizards, jackals, bats, ground squirrels, hyenas, porcupines, hares and others, use them. Besides digging their burrows, aardvarks use their claws to dig for ants and termites, their favorite foods.