Possible Clues:

• Teetotaller finds way to Victor for flood insurance for anteater
• A sparse, essentially loveless Dvorak composition -- hence his long face?
• Ant-bear’s way to board a Bible rescue boat
• African antbear
• African burrower
• Insectivorous mammal
• Found at the beginning of the book, it keeps the working population down
• *Animal whose name means "earth pig" in Afrikaans
• African mammal with a diet almost entirely of ants and termites
• Video ref in Dakar bust-up that's typically seen in Africa