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Xenarthra (/zɛˈnɑːrθrə/; from
Ancient Gr**** ξένος, xénos, "foreign, alien" + ἄρθρον, árthron, "joint") is a
superorder and
major clade of
placental mammals...
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three major subdivisions or
lineages of
placental mammals: Boreoeutheria,
Xenarthra, and Afrotheria. All of
these diverged from
common ancestors. 2022 studies...
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placental mammals in the
order Cingulata. They form part of the
superorder Xenarthra,
along with the
anteaters and sloths. 21
extant species of
armadillo have...
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species of
which exist solely on sloths.
Sloths belong to the
superorder Xenarthra, a
group of
placental mammals believed to have
evolved in the continent...
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sloths are a
diverse group of
extinct sloths in the
mammalian superorder Xenarthra. They
varied widely in size with the largest,
belonging to
genera Lestodon...
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share the
superorder Xenarthra with the
Cingulata (whose only
extant members are armadillos). The two
orders of
Xenarthra split 65
million years ago...
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anatomy with "edentate"
mammals (now
recognised as
members of the
order Xenarthra) in the
collection of the
Paris museum,
correctly recognised that the...
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magnorder of
placental mammals containing the
cohorts or
superorders Xenarthra and Afrotheria.
These groups originated and
radiated in the
South American...
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known by a
number of
indigenous names.
Anteaters are part of the
Xenarthra superorder, a once
diverse group of
mammals that
occupied South America...
- and Pampatheridae.
Cingulata is
itself within the
basal mammal group Xenarthra,
which includes an
array of
American mammal groups like
Vermilingua (anteaters)...
