The aardvark is a solitary, shy, nocturnal animal.
Aardvarks live in African savannas , open grasslands , woodlands, and scrub .
They range from southern Egypt to the Cape of Good Hope in the far south of Africa. Aardvarks have a long, narrow snout, a long tongue, and very sticky saliva, which it uses to catch ants and termites, the mainstay of its diet. They have a sleek, dark brown coat, long ears, short legs with webbed 2nd and 3rd toes, and strong, sharp, hoof-like claws. Aardvarks have a good sense of smell and hearing. They use their large claws to dig into anthills and termite mounds and then stick their long, sticky, extensile tongue into the nest or mound to get the insects .