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)
.