Xenarthra

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Xenarthra

1. 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
• Category:Xenarthra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Xenarthra at Paleobiology Database