Pilosa
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Pilosa is an order of xenarthran placental mammals, native to the Americas. They include anteaters and sloths. The name comes from the Latin word for "hairy".
Pilosa range
Restoration of the ground sloth Nothrotheriops
Giant anteater
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The giant anteater is an insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America. It is the largest of the four living species of anteaters, which are classified with sloths in the order Pilosa. The
Pilosa
…Pilosans Temporal range: Paleocene - Holocene, Pilosa species of different families; from top-left, clockwise: Silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) Scientific classification…
Myresluger 2
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Skull