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Anteaters are the four
extant mammal species in the
suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue"),
commonly known for
eating ants and termites. The individual...
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Pilosa are
divided into two suborders: Folivora, the sloths, and
Vermilingua, the anteaters.
Folivora contains two families: Bradypodidae, containing...
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Montgomery (ed.). The
evolution and
ecology of armadillos, sloths, and
vermilinguas. Washington, D.C.:
Smithsonian Institution. pp. 343–346. Muñiz-López...
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Myrmecophagidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra,
Vermilingua) and the
Relationship of
Eurotamandua to the
Vermilingua".
Journal of
Mammalian Evolution. 5 (3):...
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There are
currently 1,258 genera, 161 families, 27 orders, and
around 5,937
recognized living species of mammal.
Mammalian taxonomy is in
constant flux...
- the Xenarthra. The
evolution and
ecology of armadillos, sloths, and
vermilinguas.
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 51-64. Wible, J. R. (2006)...
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arboreal silky anteater, the two
families comprise the
suborder Vermilingua.
Anteaters and
sloths belong to the
order Pilosa and
share the superorder...
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pampatheres Pilosa (Latin, "the ones with fur"),
which is
subdivided into:
Vermilingua ("worm-tongues"), the
anteaters Folivora ("leaf-eaters"), the sloths...
- This is a list of
North American mammals. It
includes all
mammals currently found in the
United States, St.
Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda...
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contained unrelated families and was thus invalid.
Order Pilosa Suborder Vermilingua Illiger 1811 em. Gray 1869 (Anteaters)
Family Cyclopedidae Po**** 1924...
