They have a very wide habitat tolerance. They prefer open woodland, scrub and grassland, particularly where these are associated with sandy ground. Habits Aardvarks are solitary creatures and almost exclusively nocturnal. While foraging, they move slowly with their noses to the ground. They can dig at prodigious rates and can rarely be dug out.
Aardvarks do fall prey to lions as well as to indigenous people who find their flesh very palatable.
They deposit their faeces by dropping it in shallow holes and then covering it with sand. Food Formicid ants make up a large majority of the diet, but they will also consume termites. Termites are mainly eaten during the wet season, while during the dry season they feed on ants. Reproduction All records indicate that only a single young is born at a time, although there may be a possibility that twins could be born. The gestation period is thought to be about seven months.