Aardvarks

Aardvarks are animals that live in the Pride Lands.

Appearance
Aardvarks are mammals with coarse brown fur, long ears, and elongated heads. They have sharp front claws that they use to burrow and find food. The front feet have four toes each, and the back feet have five toes each. The aardvarks shown in The Lion Guard and the aardvarks in the real world are similar in appearance.

Information
Aardvarks are nocturnal animals that spend the day in their burrows and the nights searching for food. Aardvarks eat termites and ants, and will use their strong claws to dig into a termite mound and their long, sticky tongues to catch and eat them. They will also eat Cucumis humifructus, also known as the aardvark cucumber. Aardvark females usually give birth to one cub a year.

Bunga the Wise
The aardvark Muhanga is shown during the song Bunga the Wise.

Can't Wait to be Queen
Two aardvarks, Muhanga and and her mate, are shown getting married during the song Duties of the King.

The Kupatana Celebration
Muhanga is shown at the beginning of the episode, practicing the song Our Kupatana Community.

Muhanga appears once again with her mate. They arrive at their dens to discover that they have been invaded by jackals. Muhanga's mate asks what's going on, and Muhanga asks why the jackals are in their dens. They are shown again slightly later on, Muhanga asking what the jackals were doing and her mate asking if the jackals ate all of his ants. When Goigoi the jackal removes a fruit from their den, they object. Muhanga's mate says that it is their den, and Muhanga adds that is is also their fruit. When Goigoi eats the fruit, Muhanga's mate exclaims that they did not give him permission to eat it. Muhanga then accuses the jackals of being thieves. When the jackals leave the aardvark dens, Rairai says that they'll find somehwere else to go. Muhanga's mate calls after them, telling them to go do that.

Muhanga is shown once more at the Kupatana Celebration. She sings along with Mbuni, Basi, Twiga, and an elephant. When the jackals invade, another aardark, possibly Muhanga or her mate, is chased by a jackal pup.