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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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and glyptodont and pampathere xenarthrans have been described (Mead et al.
Dire wolf, Canis dirus (mammalia; carnivora; canidae), from the late ... by Hodnett, John-Paul M.; Mead, Jim I.; Baez, A. / Southwestern Naturalist
The difference in hardness of the inner and outer dentine layers is extreme and causes the complex wear facets seen in many xenarthrans (Naples 1982, 1995).
Diet of Pleistocene Paramylodon harlani (xenarthra: mylodontidae): ... by Ruez, Dennis R., Jr. / The Texas Journal of Science
No markedly boreal species occurred in this fauna; indeed, the climatic affinity is more neotropical as demonstrated by Sigmodon hispidus and extinct xenarthrans, Holmesina septentrionalis (extinct armadillo) and Boreostracon (glyptodon).
Mammalian paleofaunas of central Texas from the late Wisconsinan ... by Wilkins, Kenneth T. / The Texas Journal of Science
 
 
 
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