Xenarthra (/zɛˈnɑːrθrə/; from Ancient Greek ξένος, xénos, "foreign, alien" + ἄρθρον, árthron, "joint") is a major clade of placental mammals native to...
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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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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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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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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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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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suborder of the order Xenarthra, while some more recent classifications regard Pilosa as an order within the superorder Xenarthra. Earlier still, both...
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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, belonging to genera...
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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...
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