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Xenarthra (/zɛˈnɑːrθrə/; from
Ancient Gr**** ξένος, xénos, "foreign, alien" + ἄρθρον, árthron, "joint") is a
major clade of
placental mammals native to...
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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...
- literature.
Ground sloths are a
diverse group belonging to
superorder Xenarthra,
which also
includes extinct pampatheres and glyptodonts, as well as living...
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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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three major subdivisions or
lineages of
placental mammals: Boreoeutheria,
Xenarthra, and Afrotheria. All of
these diverged from
common ancestors. 2022 studies...
- Cingulata, part of the
superorder Xenarthra, is an
order of
armored New
World placental mammals.
Dasypodids and chlamyphorids, the armadillos, are the...
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sloths are a
diverse group of
extinct sloths in the
mammalian superorder Xenarthra.
Ground sloths varied widely in size, with the
largest genera Megatherium...
- and Pampatheridae.
Cingulata is
itself within the
basal mammal group Xenarthra,
which includes an
array of
American mammal groups like
Vermilingua (anteaters)...
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share superorder Xenarthra (cladogram below) with the
Cingulata (whose only
extant members are armadillos). The two
orders of
Xenarthra split 66 million...
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proposed clade of
placental mammals containing the
cohorts or
superorders Xenarthra and Afrotheria.
These groups originated and
radiated in the
South American...