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Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/NationalAardvarkWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalAardvarkWeek</span></a>: <a href="https://historians.social/tags/DYK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DYK</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/aardvarks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aardvarks</span></a> are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa? They appear as rock art at a number of sites across their native range. Here is a petroglyph on display at the National Museum of Cultural History in Pretoria, South Africa: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Cultural_History_Museum-040.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:National_Cultural_History_Museum-040.jpg</span></a><br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/AardvarksAareAawesome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AardvarksAareAawesome</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/NationalAardvarkWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalAardvarkWeek</span></a>: <a href="https://historians.social/tags/DYK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DYK</span></a> The Engish common name "Aardvark" derives from Afrikaans aarde ‘earth’ + vark ‘pig’, but this animal has other colloquial names too, including:<br>1. Cape Anteater (Plate 48 in The Class Mammalia v.3, 1827) <a href="https://flic.kr/p/bQebyB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/bQebyB</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>2. Ant Bear (Kenya 15c postage stamp, 1966) <a href="https://www.hipstamp.com/listing/kenya-1966-scott-22-used-15c-aardark-ant-bear/48558314" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hipstamp.com/listing/kenya-196</span><span class="invisible">6-scott-22-used-15c-aardark-ant-bear/48558314</span></a><br>3. African Bush Pig (collector card from the Animals series issued by the Weber Baking Company, early 20th century) <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/680293" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metmuseum.org/art/collection/s</span><span class="invisible">earch/680293</span></a><br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/AardvarksAareAawesome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AardvarksAareAawesome</span></a></p>
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