DeCS

Descriptor English:

Xenarthra

Descriptor Spanish:

Xenarthra

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Xenarthra
Entry term(s)	Cingulata Edentata cingulados desdentados edentados xenartros

Descriptor Portuguese:

Xenarthra

Descriptor French:

Xenarthra

Entry term(s):

Cingulata
Edentata
Édentés

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 malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

4558

Unique ID:

D004490

NLM Classification:

QL 737.E2

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1998/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01