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Xenarthra

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Noun1.Xenarthra - armadillos; American anteaters; sloths
suborder Xenarthra
animal order - the order of animals
Edentata, order Edentata - order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
Dasypodidae, family Dasypodidae - armadillos
Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae - a family of edentates comprising the true sloths
family Megalonychidae, Megalonychidae - mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths
family Megatheriidae, Megatheriidae - extinct ground sloths
family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae - New World anteaters
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Most scientists now put sloths, anteaters, and armadillos into a group called xenarthra, which refers to their "foreign" or "strange" joints.
Life in the slow lane: for an animal that does little but sleep and ... by Cohn, Jeffrey P. / Americas (English Edition)
Jim Puder Xane Xeroxed Xebec Xylography, Xanthippe, Xerxes, Xerography, Xenarthra, Xanthomas, X-Rays, Xanthosomas, Ximenez, Xytopyrography .
Limerickshaws: the grand finale by Morice, David / Word Ways
Sutherland (2002b) compared different counting methods for various orders of mammals, and recommended terrestrial linear transects (in strips or by distance) as the most commonly employed method for the order Xenarthra.
Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) population Survey in Emas ... by de Miranda, Guilherme H.B.; Tomas, Walfrido M.; Valladares-Padua, Claudio B.; Rodrigues, Flavio H.G. / Endangered Species Update
 
 
 
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