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Xenarthra

Superorder of mammals including anteaters, sloths, and armadillos

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    Notes on a cetaceous animal stranded on the north-east coast of Ireland ; On the size of the red corpuscles of the blood of the great anteater (Myrmecophaga jubata) / by George Gulliver.

    Gulliver, George, 1804-1882. | Date: [1854]
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    On the anatomy of the great anteater (Myrmecophaga jubata, Linn.) / by Professor Owen.

    Owen, Richard, Sir, 1804-1892. | Date: [1854]
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    Studies on the morphogenesis of the brain in Rodentia, Prosimiae and Edentates / by Knud H. Krabbe.

    Krabbe, Knud H. (Knud Haraldsen), 1885-1961. | Date: 1944
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    The importance of edentates (sloths and anteaters) as primary reservoirs of Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis, causative agent of "pianbois" in North Brazil / R. Lainson, J.J. Shaw, M. Póvoa.

    Lainson, R. | Date: [1981?]
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    Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic sloth : Mylodon robutus, Owen, with observations on the osteology, natural affinities, and probable habits of the megatherioid quadrupeds in general / by Richard Owen.

    Owen, Richard, 1804-1892. | Date: 1842

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