edentate
mammal order
Also known as: Edentata
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avoidance behaviour
- In avoidance behaviour: Protection reflexes, armour, and spines
South American toothless animals (edentates) such as anteaters are probably survivors of a comparable early development in mammals. The armour of armadillos and the presence of bony plates in the skin of the extinct sloths suggest that the whole group may derive from an armoured ancestor. The appearance of…
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comparison with pangolins
division of mammals
- In mammal: Classification
Xenarthra (edentates, or xenarthrans) 31 species in 2 orders. Order Cingulata (armadillos) 20 species in 1 family. Order Pilosa (anteaters and sloths) 10 species in 4 families.
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