AJ, a 28-year-old male aardvark, passed away due to heart failure, zoo officials said Wednesday.
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AJ was born on November 4, 1988 at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.
He arrived at the Philadelphia Zoo on November 15, 1989.
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The aardvarks share an exhibit with the meerkats in the Small Mammal House.
The Zoo's female aardvark, Sunshine, is 12 years old.