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It includes the anteaters, sloths, and armadillos. In the past, these families were classified together with the pangolins and Aardvark as the order Edentata (meaning toothless, because the members do not have front incisor teeth or molars, or have poorly-developed molars). It was subsequently realized that Edentata was polyphyletic—that it contained unrelated families and was thus invalid by cladistic standards. Aardvarks and pangolins are now placed in individual orders, and the new order Xenarthra was erected to group the remaining families (which are all related). The name Xenarthra means "strange joints", and was chosen because their vertebral joints are unlike those of any other mammals. Because they lack characteristics believed to be present in the common ancestor of other known Eutherian mammals, morphological evidence suggests that the Xenarthra are outside the Epitheria, which contains all other known Eutherians today.

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How to say "Xenarthra" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	贫齿目
	(Japanese)	アリクイ目
	(German)	Nebengelenktiere
	(Spanish)	Xenarthra
	(French)	Xenarthra
	(Italian)	Xenarthra

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Anteater

: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Xenarthra Family: Myrmecophagidae Genera Myrmecophaga Tamandua Cyclopes Anteaters are mammals of the order Xenarthra and the family.... ORDER XENARTHRA Family Myrmecophagidae Silky Anteater, Cyclopes didactylus Giant Anteater...

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Desmostylia

, meaning "column" or "pillar." Mammals Xenarthra | Dermoptera | Desmostylia | Scandentia | Primates...

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Sirenia

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Armadillo

Armadillo Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Xenarthra Family: Dasypodidae Genera Chlamyphorus Cabassous... order Xenarthra, related to the anteater. There are several species of armadillo, distinguished by how...

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Carnivora

: true seals Family Phocidae: true seals; 19 species in 10 genera Mammals Xenarthra...

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Insectivora

), not all of which belong to the Order Insectivora. Mammals Xenarthra | Dermoptera | Desmostylia...

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Pink fairy armadillo

Pink fairy armadillo Status: Endangered Scientific classification : Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Xenarthra Family: Dasypodidae Genus: Chlamyphorus Species: Truncatus Binomial name Chlamyphorus truncatus Harlan, 1825 The pink fairy armadillo...

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Placentalia

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Shrew opossum

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Tree shrew

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