Orycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata. The genus is known from Late Miocene to recent of Africa.

  • Orycteropus afer – aardvark – Palaeolithic to Recent of Africa
  • † Orycteropus abundulafus
  • † Orycteropus crassidens – Pleistocene of Kenya
  • † Orycteropus djourabensis – Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Chad and Kenya

Other species previously assigned to Orycteropus are now classified in the genus Amphiorycteropus.