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Descriptor English: Xenarthra
Descriptor Spanish: Xenarthra
Descriptor Xenarthra
Entry term(s) Cingulata
Edentata
cingulados
desdentados
edentados
xenartros
Descriptor Portuguese: Xenarthra
Descriptor French: Xenarthra
Entry term(s): Cingulata
Edentata
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.999
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004490
Scope note: A superorder of New World mammals characterized by the absence of incisors and canines from among their teeth, and comprising the ARMADILLOS and the SLOTHS. The superorder is distinguished from all others by what are known as xenarthrous vertebrae (xenos, strange; arthron, joint): there are secondary, and sometimes even more, articulations between the vertebrae of the lumbar series. The superorder in part was formerly called Edentata. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed; Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, vol. I, p515)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2022; see EDENTATA 1963-1997; XENARTHRA 1998-2019; and CINGULATA 2020-2021
History Note: 2022(1963)
DeCS ID: 4558
Unique ID: D004490
NLM Classification: QL 737.E2
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Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30
Xenarthra - Narrower
Concept UI M000747905
Scope note A superorder of New World mammals characterized by the absence of incisors and canines from among their teeth, and comprising the ARMADILLOS and the SLOTHS. The superorder is distinguished from all others by what are known as xenarthrous vertebrae (xenos, strange; arthron, joint): there are secondary, and sometimes even more, articulations between the vertebrae of the lumbar series. The superorder in part was formerly called Edentata. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed; Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, vol. I, p515)
Preferred term Xenarthra
Cingulata - Preferred
Concept UI M0007054
Scope note A superorder of New World mammals characterized by the absence of incisors and canines from among their teeth, and comprising the ARMADILLOS and the SLOTHS. The superorder is distinguished from all others by what are known as xenarthrous vertebrae (xenos, strange; arthron, joint): there are secondary, and sometimes even more, articulations between the vertebrae of the lumbar series. The superorder in part was formerly called Edentata. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed; Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, vol. I, p515)
Preferred term Cingulata
Edentata - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000747906
Preferred term Edentata



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