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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

In pangolin
Pangolins differ from edentates, however, in many fundamental anatomic characteristics. The earliest fossil Pholidota date from the middle of the Eocene Epoch (56 million to 33.9 million years ago) in Germany.
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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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