MSL, Order Xenartha

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ORDER XENARTHA

Family BRADYPODIDAE - Three-toed Sloths

Bradypus torquatus - Maned sloth - SE Brazil
  • 1025 Side view of sloth in tree, Poco das Antas Biol. Reserve; Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985. L Pinder

    Bradypus variegatus - Brown-throated three-toed sloth - South America
  • 51 Side view on branch, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Aragua, Venezuela, 1977. P V August
  • 889 Animal on branch, showing claws, Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 1977. R P Fontaine
  • 1117 Lateral view of skull and mandible, Mus. Southwestern Biol., Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. R B Forbes

    Family DASYPODIDAE - Armadillos

    Cabassous tatouay - Greater naked-tailed armadillo - N Argentina, Uruguay, S Brazil
  • 542 Young adult male, Serra da Canastra Park, Brazil, 1980. T Carter

    Cabassous unicinctus - Southern naked-tailed armadillo - SE Brazil
  • 543 Close-up of anterior end of adult female, Subsp. squamicaudis, Serra da Canastra Park, Brazil, 1980. T Carter

    Chlamyphorus truncatus - Pygmy armadillo - Argentina
  • 956 Side view, hand-held, Argentina. J. Rood

    Dasypus novemcinctus - Nine-banded armadillo - North, Central and South America
  • 53 Side view, Glades County, FL, USA, 1963. L L Master
  • 242 Side view, Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 1978. C M Thorington

    Dasypus septemcinctus - Lesser long-nosed armadillo - E & C Brazil
  • 541 Adult female, Serra da Canastra Park, Brazil, 1980. T Carter

    Euphractus sexcinctus - Six-banded armadillo - South America
  • 55 Side view, Chaco, Paraguay. P Myers.
  • 741 Oblique view of head and claws of forefoot, Serra da Canastra, Brazil, 1980. T Carter

    Priodontes maximus - Giant armadillo - South America
  • 831 Ventral view of individual held by person. Parna, Serra da Canastra, Brazil, 1980. T S Carter

    Tolypeutes matacus - Three-banded armadillo - South America
  • 54 Ball-shaped defensive posture, Chaco, Paraguay. P Myers
  • 1354 Side view, feet and tail visible, Nat. Zoological park, Washington, D. C., 1994. D G Huckaby

    Family MEGALONYCHIDAE - Two-toed Sloths

    Choloepus hoffmannii- Two-toed sloth - Central & South America
  • 52 Side view, Nat. Zool. Park, Washington, D. C., USA. (contributed by J F Eisenberg)
  • 1118 Lateral view of skull and mandible, Mus. Southwestern Biol., Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. R B Forbes

    Family MYRMECOPHAGIDAE - Anteaters

    Cyclopes didactylus - Silky anteater - Central and South America
  • 663 View of adult female with tail curled around branch, Chiapas, Mexico. F A Cervantes-Reza

    Myrmecophaga tridactyla - Giant anteater - South America
  • 243 Side view of animal walking, Serra da Canastra, Nat. Park Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1978. T S Carter
  • 244 Close-up of animal feeding, Serra da Canastra, Nat. Park Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1978. T S Carter
  • 1119 Lateral view of skull and mandible, Mus. Southwestern Biol., Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. R B Forbes
  • 1286 Side view, walking, in captivity, feet fully visible, Frankfurt Zoo, 1976. T L Best

    Tamandua tetradactyla - Southern tamandua; collared anteater - Central and South America
  • 56 Side view on fallen tree trunk, Panama. P Myers
  • 890 Close-up of head, Barro Colorado Island, Panama, 1977. R P Fontaine

    Last updated on 27 October 1996.
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