Xenarthra

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, alien”) + ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”).

Proper noun

Xenarthra

A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Eutheria – the anteaters, sloths, armadillos, glyptodonts, and pampatheriids.

Synonyms

(order): Edentata

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(superorder): Cingulata, Pilosa - orders

References

Xenarthra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xenarthra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Xenarthra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Xenarthra at Fossilworks

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