xenarthran

Definitions

Any mammal of the superorder Xenarthra, of the Americas; an anteater, armadillo or sloth.

Equivalents

Examples

“Elephant-shrews, xenarthrans, hystricognathous rodents, cetaceans, some pinnipeds, and primates depart sharply from this trend, however.”

“Xenarthrans appear⟳ to have⟳ originated in South America and to have⟳ undergone their major adaptive radiation there (Reig 1981).”

“Only four xenarthran families are extant today, providing little indication of the past richness of the order⟳.”

“2010, Ana Maria Jansen, André Luiz Rodrigues Roque, 11: Domestic and Wild Mammalian Reservoirs, Jenny Telleria, Michel Tibayrenc, American Trypanosomiasis: Chagas Disease: One Hundred Years of Research⟳, page 249, Marsupials and xenarthrans, which represented the autochthonous mammalian fauna, were T. cruzi’s first hosts.”

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