Pilosa

See also: pilosa

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin pilosa ("hairy").

Proper noun

Pilosa

A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the anteaters, sloths, etc.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Xenarthra - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Folivora, Vermilingua - suborders
- Bradypodidae, Megalonychidae, †Megatheriidae, †Mylodontidae, †Nothrotheriidae; Cyclopedidae, Myrmecophagidae - families

References

Pilosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pilosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pilosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Pilosa in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Pilosa at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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