Order Pilosa Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 100 103 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Pilosa Flower 1883 Synonyms: Edentata Vicq-d'Azyr 1792 . Families: 4 families with 5 genera and 10 species in 2 suborders: Suborder FOLIVORA Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope, and Douzery 2001 Family Bradypodidae Gray 1821 (1 genus with 4 species and 7 subspecies) Family Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889 (1 genus with 2 species and 5 subspecies) Suborder VERMILINGUA Illiger 1811 Family Cyclopedidae Pocock 1924 (1 genus with 1 species and 7 subspecies) Family Myrmecophagidae Gray 1825 (2 genera with 3 species and 11 subspecies) Discussion: Reviewed by Wetzel (1985 a ) and by Kraft (1995) as part of Xenarthra; formerly included in Xenarthra, which was elevated to magnorder rank by McKenna and Bell (1997) .