#order_Edentata__Edentata order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
supertype: #animal_order the order of animals
member of: #subclass_Eutheria
member: #edentate primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central and South America
member: #suborder_Xenarthra__Xenarthra armadillos; American anteaters; sloths
member: #family_Dasypodidae__Dasypodidae armadillos
member: #armadillo burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
member: #genus_Dasypus__Dasypus__dasypu type genus of the Dasypodidae
member: #peba__nine-banded_armadillo__Texas_armadillo__Dasypus_novemcinctus having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
member: #genus_Tolypeutes__Tolypeutes a genus of Dasypodidae
member: #apar__three-banded_armadillo__Tolypeutes_tricinctus South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
member: #genus_Cabassous solely the tatouay
member: #tatouay__cabassous__cabassou__Cabassous_unicinctus naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
member: #genus_Euphractus__Euphractus a genus of Dasypodidae
member: #peludo__poyou__Euphractus_sexcinctus Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts
member: #genus_Priodontes__Priodontes solely the giant armadillo
member: #genus_Chlamyphorus__Chlamyphorus pichiciago
member: #pichiciago__pichiciego__fairy_armadillo__fairyarmadillo__chlamyphore__Chlamyphorus_truncatus very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
member: #genus_Burmeisteria__Burmeisteria a genus of Dasypodidae
member: #greater_pichiciego__greaterpichiciego__Burmeisteria_retusa of southern South America
member: #family_Bradypodidae__Bradypodidae true sloths; in some
member: #tree_sloth__sloth any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
member: #genus_Bradypus__Bradypus type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths
member: #three-toed_sloth__ai__Bradypus_tridactylus a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot
member: #family_Megalonychidae__Megalonychidae two-toed sloths
member: #genus_Choloepus__Choloepus a genus of Megalonychidae
member: #Choloepus_didactylus__two-toed_sloth__unau relatively small fast-moving sloth
member: #two-toed_sloth__unau__Choloepus_hoffmanni relatively small fast-moving sloth
member: #family_Megatheriidae__Megatheriidae extinct ground sloths
member: #megatherian_mammal__megatherianmammal__megatherian__megatheriid a large extinct ground sloth
member: #genus_Megatherium__Megatherium type genus of the Megatheriidae
member: #ground_sloth__megathere gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America
member: #family_Myrmecophagidae__Myrmecophagidae New World anteaters
member: #New_World_anteater__anteater any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
member: #genus_Myrmecophaga__Myrmecophaga type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear
member: #ant_bear__antbear__giantanteater__great_anteater__greatanteater__tamanoir__Myrmecophaga_jubata large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
member: #genus_Cyclopes__Cyclopes only the silky anteater
member: #silky_anteater__silkyanteater__two-toed_anteater__Cyclopes_didactylus squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
member: #genus_Tamandua lesser anteater
member: #tamandua__tamandu__lesser_anteater__Tamandua_tetradactyla small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South and Central America
member: #family_Mylodontidae__Mylodontidae extinct South American edentates
member: #mylodontid a variety of extinct edentate
member: #genus_Mylodon type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae
member: #mylodon large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America
member: #mapinguari supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reported sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest
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