The Ant and the Aardvark The complete series was digitally remastered and issued on its own single-disc DVD collection by MGM Home Entertainment/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in 2007 as "Pink Panther and Friends, Volume 5: The Ant and the Aardvark". The complete series reappeared in January 2009 as part of the DVD collection "Pink Panther & Friends Classic Cartoon Collection" by MGM Home Entertainment, a 9-disc DVD set containing all "Pink Panther", "Ant and the Aardvark", "Inspector" and (for the first time on DVD) "Roland and Rattfink" cartoons. "The Ant and the Aardvark" was released onto Region 1/A Blu-ray and DVD on 27 April
Aardvark achieved an aardvark-like appearance and ecological niche through convergent evolution. The aardvark has seventeen poorly defined subspecies listed: The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica also mentions "O. a. capensis" or Cape ant-bear from South Africa. The aardvark is vaguely pig-like in appearance. Its body is stout with a prominently arched back and is sparsely covered with coarse hairs. The limbs are of moderate length, with the rear legs being longer than the forelegs. The front feet have lost the pollex (or 'thumb'), resulting in four toes, while the rear feet have all five toes. Each toe bears a large, robust nail which