Forest habitats are being cut for human purposes making the tree hyrax the most threatened of all hyraxes. The aardvark, a nocturnal, secretive, termite and ant eating mammal is the only living member of this order. Due to its elusiveness it is one of the least known of all living mammals. Aardvark resemble pigs in possessing a tubular snout and long ears. Their body is arched and covered with coarse hair.
Limbs are short with four digits on the front feet and five on the back.
The claws are long and spoon shaped with sharp edges. The head terminates in a long flexible snout and a blunt muzzle. Around the nostrils is a dense mat of hair that serves to filter dust while burrowing. Aardvark have no incisor or canine teeth. Cheek teeth that are open rooted and continuously growing, consist of two upper and two lower premolars and three upper and three lower molars in each jaw half.