xenarthran

Etymology
From +.

Noun

 * 1)  Any mammal of the superorder, of the Americas; an anteater, armadillo or sloth.
 * 2) * 2010, Ana Maria Jansen, André Luiz Rodrigues Roque, 11: Domestic and Wild Mammalian Reservoirs, Jenny Telleria, Michel Tibayrenc, American Trypanosomiasis: Chagas Disease: One Hundred Years of Research, page 249,
 * Marsupials and xenarthrans, which represented the autochthonous mammalian fauna, were T.[Trypanosoma] cruzi’s first hosts.
 * 1) * 2010, Ana Maria Jansen, André Luiz Rodrigues Roque, 11: Domestic and Wild Mammalian Reservoirs, Jenny Telleria, Michel Tibayrenc, American Trypanosomiasis: Chagas Disease: One Hundred Years of Research, page 249,
 * Marsupials and xenarthrans, which represented the autochthonous mammalian fauna, were T.[Trypanosoma] cruzi’s first hosts.
 * Marsupials and xenarthrans, which represented the autochthonous mammalian fauna, were T.[Trypanosoma] cruzi’s first hosts.

Usage notes
The xenarthrans were previously included within now obsolete (polyphyletic) order, along with aardvarks and pangolins.

Hyponyms

 * ,, , pampathere, sloth

Derived terms

 * xenarthrous

Translations

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 * Polish: szczerbak
 * Portuguese: xenartro