Wildlife Type

Xenarthra of the world (Phylogenetic tree) - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity

Classified animal picture guide. Clicking the Organism name shows the images, and pointing the Organism name shows the tooltip with three links at the left-top corner.
The followings are extinct Xenarthras excavated and extant Xenarthras in the world. The extant Xenarthras live in Americas. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species, and the habitat in extant species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
  • Kingdom Animalia
    • Phylum Chordate
      • Subphylum Vertebra
        • Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed vertebrates)
          • Class Mammal
            • Subclass Theria (Wild animal)
              • Infraclass Metatheria (Marsupials)
              • Infraclass Eutheria (Placentals)
                • Clade Atlantogenata
                  • Group I Afrotheria (Tenrec, Hyrax, Elephant, Sea-cow)
                  • Group II Xenarthra
                    • Order Cingulata (Armadillo; 55.8 Mya～)
                      Giant armadillo Holmesina (3.6～0.01 Mya), Glyptodon   (3.6～0.01 Mya; ３m), Doedicurus   (3～0.01 Mya; ３．６m), Pampatherium (1.2～0.01 Mya)
                      Armadillo
                      22 spp
                      		 Nine-banded Armadillo (Americas), Six-banded Armadillo (South America), Southern Three-banded Armadillo (South America)
                    • Order Pilosa (40.4 Mya～)
                      • Suborder Vermilingua (Anteater)
                        Silky Anteater Silky Anteater (Central and South America)
                        Anteater Giant Anteater (Central and South America), Northern Tamandua (tropical America)
                      • Suborder Folivora (Sloth, Grand sloth)
                        Ground sloth Glossotherium (6.8～0.01 Mya), Megatherium   (5.33～0.01 Mya; ８m), Eremotherium   (1.81～0.01 Mya; ６m), Mylodon   (1.2～0.01 Mya), Scelidotherium   (0.78～0.01 Mya)
                        Three-toed sloth Maned Three-toed Sloth (Brazil), Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Central and South America)
                        Two-toed sloth Megalonyx (10.3～0.01 Mya), Megalocnus (0.126～0.01 Mya), Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Central and South America), Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth (South America)
                • Clade Boreoeutheria
                  • Group III Euarchontoglires (Primate, Rabbit, Rodent)
                  • Group IV Laurasiatheria (Whale, Even-toed ungulate, Odd-toed ungulate, Bat, Carnivora)