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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Source Pilosa (Wikipedia)Article text (intro)Quote, Article text (intro)
is an order of xenarthran placental mammals, native to the Americas.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Pilosa (Wikipedia)Article text (intro)Quote, Article text (intro)
is an order of xenarthran placental mammals, native to the Americas.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ143441, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Pilosa
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 16
Wikidata: Pilosa
Wikidata Q143441, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Pilosa (Wikipedia)
In Group: Xenarthran Orders, LeadQuote, In Group: Xenarthran Orders, Lead
Pilosa is an order of xenarthran placental mammals, native to the Americas.
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