The aardvark is not closely related to the pig ; rather, it is the sole recent representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata, in which it is usually considered to form one variable species of the genus Orycteropus, the sole surviving genus in the family Orycteropodidae.

The sole surviving manuscript from which almost every other is derived is a ninth-century Carolingian text, V, produced in Fulda from an insular exemplar.

Together these four " foundation collections " included many of the most treasured books now in the British Library including the Lindisfarne Gospels and the sole surviving copy of Beowulf.

The archosaur clade includes two living orders, crocodilians ( of which Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae and Gavialidae are the only surviving families ) and dinosaurs ( of which birds are the sole surviving members ), along with the extinct non-avian dinosaurs and pterosaurs.

The sole surviving episode from series 2 and Do not adjust your stocking were not included.

The sole surviving genus, Equus, had evolved by the early Pleistocene, and spread rapidly through the world.

At the conclusion of that episode, that surviving Dalek self-destructs, leaving the Doctor believing that he was the sole survivor of the Time War.

After Richard's death on 6 April 1199 there were two potential claimants to the Angevin throne: John, whose claim rested on being the sole surviving son of Henry II, and young Arthur of Brittany, who held a claim as the son of Geoffrey, John's elder brother.

As the only surviving adult son of Charlemagne and Hildegard, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position which he held until his death, save for the period 833 – 34, during which he was deposed.

Through his daughter by Cleopatra, Antony would become ancestor to the royal family of Mauretania, another Roman client kingdom, while through his sole surviving son Iullus, he would be ancestor to several famous Roman statesmen.

* Cicero, De republica in uncials, of the 4th century, the sole surviving copy, covered by St Augustine on the Psalms, of the 7th century, Vatican Library

* Seneca, On the Maintenance of Friendship, the sole surviving fragment, overwritten by a late-6th century Old Testament

The only extant family of this suborder is Equidae ( whose sole surviving genus is Equus ), comprising the horse, zebra, donkey, onager, and allied species.

The sole surviving work attributed to him is Polycarp's letter to the Philippians, a mosaic of references to the Greek Scriptures, preserved / produced in Irenaeus ' account of Polycarp's life.

The sole surviving protagonist in Operation Counterstrike is the player, who must advance, starting each of the four episodes from a human held but overrun military base, before fighting through into other dimensions, traversing these via slipgate or their otherworld equivalent.

In a joint tenancy with rights of survivorship deed, or JTWROS, the death of one tenant means that the surviving tenant ( s ) become the sole owner ( s ) of the estate.

The sole confirmed surviving sonnet in the Occitan language is confidently dated to 1284, and is conserved only in troubadour manuscript P, an Italian chansonnier of 1310, now XLI. 42 in the Biblioteca Laurenziana in Florence.

It is the sole surviving member of the family Odobenidae, one of three lineages in the suborder Pinnipedia along with true seals ( Phocidae ) and eared seals ( Otariidae ).

Ravenna's Orthodox bishops carried out notable building projects, of which the sole surviving one is the Capella Arcivescovile.

A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy.

General Tilney: A stern and rigid retired general with an obsessive nature, General Tilney is the sole surviving parent to his three children Frederick, Henry, and Eleanor.

The latter died in 169, having failed to recover from an operation, which left Commodus as Marcus Aurelius ' sole surviving son.

Perey, however, continuously criticized Hulubei's work until she was credited as the sole discoverer of element 87.

The historian William Hepworth Dixon referred to the Code Napoleon as " the sole embodiment of Bacon's thought ", saying that Bacon's legal work " has had more success abroad than it has found at home ", and that in France " it has blossomed and come into fruit ".

It was reported that Kennedy would work alongside Lucas, who would remain chief executive and serve as co-chairman for at least one year, after which she would succeed him as the company's sole leader.

The most famous work in OHG is the Hildebrandslied, a short piece of Germanic alliterative heroic verse which besides the Muspilli is the sole survivor of what must have been a vast oral tradition.

Mitchell was also the sole record producer credited on most of her albums, including all her work in the 1970s.

In Edipo Re ( a short one act work ) the composer uses exactly the same melody for the final scene " Miei poveri fior, per voi non più sole ..." ( with the blinded Edipo ) as he had for the act 4 soprano aria from Der Roland von Berlin.

It concluded that two allegations were founded — that Taleyarkhan had claimed independent confirmation of his work when in reality the apparent confirmations were done by Taleyarkhan's former students and was not as " independent " as Taleyarkhan implied, and that Taleyarkhan had included an additional colleague's name on one of his papers who had not actually been involved in the research (" the sole apparent motivation for the addition of Mr. Butt was a desire to overcome a reviewer's criticism ," the report concluded ).

But the latter work had only a few short runs, and for the next 15 years, Sullivan's sole operatic collaborator was Gilbert ; the two created an additional 12 operas together.

When using a plunge-base router, the sole of the base is placed on the face of the work with the cutting bit raised above the work, then the motor is turned on and the cutter is lowered into the work.

The sole plate is then either rested flat on the workpiece overhanging the edge so that the cutting bit is not contacting the work ( and then entering the work from the side once the motor is turned on ), or the sole plate is placed at an angle with the bit above the work and the bit is " rocked " over into the work once the motor is turned on.

The baseplate ( sole plate ) is generally circular ( though this, too, varies by individual models ) and may be used in conjunction with a fence attached to the base, which then braces the router against the edge of the work, or via a straightedge clamped across the work to obtain a straight cut.

The Hôtel Alexandre or Hôtel Soult, rue de la Ville l ' Évêque, Paris ( 1763 – 66 ), is the sole survivor of Boullée's residential work in Paris.

Under Loewe's guidance, Ted Royal received a sole orchestrator credit for his work on the original production.

" In his defence, Walpole said " I unequivocally deny that I am sole or Prime Minister and that to my influence and direction all the affairs of government must be attributed.

The phenomenon of repercussion, the power of animal metamorphosis, or of sending out a familiar, real or spiritual, as a messenger, and the supernormal powers conferred by association with such a familiar, are also attributed to the magician, male and female, all the world over ; and witch superstitions are closely parallel to, if not identical with, lycanthropic beliefs, the occasional involuntary character of lycanthropy being almost the sole distinguishing feature.

Many of the earlier papal tiaras ( most notably the tiaras of Pope Julius II and that attributed to Pope Saint Silvester ) were destroyed, dismantled or seized by invaders ( most notably by Berthier's army in 1798 ), or by popes themselves ; Pope Clement VII had all the tiaras and papal regalia melted down in 1527 to raise the 400, 000 ducats ransom demanded by the occupying army of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Over twenty silver tiaras exist, of which the earliest, the sole survivor of 1798, was made for Pope Gregory XIII in the 16th century.

A share in the composition, if not the sole authorship, of the books published under the name of the author of The Whole Duty of Man has been attributed to Allestree ( Nichols's Anecdotes, ii.

Of the thirteen plays usually attributed to Chettle's sole authorship only one was printed.

The word " sneaker " is often attributed to Henry Nelson McKinney, an advertising agent for N. W. Ayer & Son, who, in 1917, coined the term because the rubber sole made the shoe stealthy.

This is the sole documentation for its authorship by Hugo ; other works are attributed to him based on stylistic comparison with the altarpiece.

" Cold Turkey " was the first song John Lennon wrote for which he took sole credit ; his previous compositions, including his first single release, " Give Peace a Chance ", were attributed to the Lennon – McCartney partnership, although the credit for " Give Peace a Chance " was later changed to Lennon alone.

According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil ( ANAC ) in May 2011 Puma Air had 0. 01 % of the domestic market share in terms of passengers per kilometer flown with a great decrease of traffic attributed to unscheduled maintenance of its sole aircraft.

He has foresight, judgment, a clear apprehension of men and affairs, a strong will and a sweet temper, and his success in life may be attributed to his own and sole exertions-Sapientia duce, fortuna permittente.