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Pilosa

Mammal Orders

An order of mammals confined to the Americas, including the anteaters, entirely toothless and specialized for a diet of ants and termites extracted with a long, sticky tongue, and the sloths, among the slowest-moving mammals known, spending nearly their entire lives hanging in trees.

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Disputed
Member Species/Taxa Count
10 1
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Taxonomic Rank
Order 1
Scientific Name
Pilosa 1
Pilosa
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Child Taxon Of

Mammalia, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

Parent Taxon Of

Source Catalogue of Life
Source Catalogue of Life
Sources
1. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
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