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XENARTHRA: LATIN AMERICAN MYSTERY MAMMALS

The enigmatic xenarthrans are a clade originating in (and nowadays largely restricted to) South America, comprised of the sloths, armadillos, anteaters and tamanduas, and featuring iconic extinct representatives.

 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae
†Eocoleophorus glyptodontoides
48.6-29.0 Mya
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae
†Proeutatus spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae
†Eutatus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae
†Punatherium catamarcensis
37.2 Mya
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae
†Stegotherium spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae
†Stenotatus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae
†Utaetus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Astegotheriini
†Nanoastegotherium prostatum
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Astegotheriini
†Riostegotherium yanei
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Astegotheriini
†Astegotherium dichotomus
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
†Anadasypus
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
†Pliodasypus
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
†Propraopus
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
†Dasypus neogaeus
9.00-6.80 Mya
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
Dasypus kappleri
greater long-nosed armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
Dasypus septemcinctus
seven-banded armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
Dasypus hybridus
southern long-nosed armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
Dasypus mazzai
Yepes' mulita, Yungas lesser long-nosed armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
Dasypus sabanicola
Llanos long-nosed armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
†Dasypus bellus
beautiful armadillo
1.80 Mya-9,000 BC
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
Dasypus novemcinctus
nine-banded armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Dasypodidae | Dasypodinae | Dasypodini
Dasypus pilosus
hairy long-nosed armadillo, woolly armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Pampatheriidae
†Holmesina spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Pampatheriidae
†Kraglievichia paranense
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Pampatheriidae
†Machlydotherium spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Pampatheriidae
†Pampatherium spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Pampatheriidae
†Scirrotherium spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Pampatheriidae
†Tonnicinctus mirus
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Pampatheriidae
†Vassallia spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Euphractinae
Euphractus sexcinctus
six-banded armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Euphractinae
Zaedyus pichiy
pichi
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Euphractinae
Chaetophractus villosus
big hairy armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Euphractinae
Chaetophractus nationi
Andean hairy armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Euphractinae
Chaetophractus vellerosus
screaming hairy armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Propalaehoplophorus spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Boreostemma spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Glyptotherium spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Glyptodon spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Cochlops spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Plohophorus spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Doedicurus clavicaudatus
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Hoplophorus euphractus
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Panochthus spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Neosclerocalyptus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Asterostemma depressa
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Eleutherocercus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Eucinepeltus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Glyptatelus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Kelenkura castroi
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Lomaphorus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Neuryurus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Palaehoplophorus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Parapropalaehoplophorus septentrionalis
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Plaxhaplous canaliculatus
 
Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Glyptodontinae
†Protoglyptodon spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Chlamyphorinae
Chlamyphorus truncatus
pichiciego, pink fairy armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Chlamyphorinae
Calyptophractus retusus
greater fairy armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Tolypeutinae
Priodontes maximus
giant armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Tolypeutinae
Tolypeutes tricinctus
Brazilian three-banded armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Tolypeutinae
Tolypeutes matacus
southern three-banded armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Tolypeutinae
Cabassous tatouay
greater naked-tailed armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Tolypeutinae
Cabassous chacoensis
Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Tolypeutinae
Cabassous centralis
northern naked-tailed armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Cingulata | Chlamyphoridae | Tolypeutinae
Cabassous unicinctus
southern naked-tailed armadillo
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Meglocnidae
†Megalocnus rodens
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Meglocnidae
†Mesocnus browni
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Meglocnidae
†Neocnus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Meglocnidae
†Acratocnus spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Meglocnidae
†Parocnus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Meglocnidae
†Imagocnus zazae
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Mylodontoidea | Scelidotheriidae
†Scelidotherium spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Mylodontoidea | Scelidotheriidae
†Scelidodon spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Mylodontoidea | Mylodontidae
†Lestodon armatus
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Mylodontoidea | Mylodontidae
†Paramylodon harlani
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Mylodontoidea | Mylodontidae
†Mylodon darwini
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Mylodontoidea | Mylodontidae
†Glossotherium robustum
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Mylodontoidea | Choloepodidae
Choloepus didactylus
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Mylodontoidea | Choloepodidae
Choloepus hoffmanni
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Planopsinae
†Prepoplanops boleadorensis
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Planopsinae
†Planops
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Planopsinae
†Prepotherium spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Megatheriinae
†Diabolotherium nordenskioldi
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Megatheriinae
†Megathericulus patagonicus
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Megatheriinae
†Anisodontherium
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Megatheriinae
†Pyramiodontherium
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Megatheriinae
†Proeremotherium eljebe
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Megatheriinae
†Eremotherium spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megatheriidae | Megatheriinae
†Megatherium americanum
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae
†Thalassocnus spp.
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Lakukullus anatisrostratus
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Mionothropus cartellei
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Nothrotherium spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Nothrotheriops shastensis
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Nothrotheriops texanus
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Pronothrotherium typicum
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Aymaratherium jeani
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Xyophorus
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Chasicobradys intermedius
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Huilabradys magdaleniensis
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Mcdonaldocnus bondesioi
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Nothrotheriidae | Nothrotheriinae
†Nothropus spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae
†Hapalops spp.
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae
†Mesopotamocnus brevirostrum
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae
†Proplatyarthrus longipes
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae
†Urumacocnus urbanii
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Ortotheriinae
†Hapaloides ignavus
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Ortotheriinae
†Proschismotherium oppositum
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Megalonychinae
†Megalonyx spp.
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Megalonychinae
†Pliometanastes spp.
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Megalonychinae
†Megistonyx oreobios
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Megalonychinae
†Ahytherium aureum
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Megalonychinae
†Xibalbaonyx spp.
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Megalonychinae
†Nohochickak xibalbahkah
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Megalonychinae
†Meizonyx salvadorensis
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Megalonychinae
†Zacatzontli
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Megalonychidae | Megalonychinae
†Australonyx aquae
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Bradypodidae
Bradypus torquatus
maned sloth
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Bradypodidae
Bradypus pygmaeus
pygmy three-toed sloth
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Bradypodidae
Bradypus tridactylus
pale-throated sloth
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Folivora | Megatherioidea | Bradypodidae
Bradypus variegatus
brown-throated sloth
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Vermilingua | Cyclopedidae
†Palaeomyrmidon incomtus
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Vermilingua | Cyclopedidae
Cyclopes didactylus
silky anteater
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Vermilingua | Myrmecophagidae
†Protamandua rothi
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Vermilingua | Myrmecophagidae
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
giant anteater
 
Xenarthra | Pilosa | Vermilingua | Myrmecophagidae
†Neotamandua spp.
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Vermilingua | Myrmecophagidae
Tamandua mexicana
northern tamandua
 
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Xenarthra | Pilosa | Vermilingua | Myrmecophagidae
Tamandua tetradactyla
southern tamandua
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