Folivora

Translingual

Bradypus variegatus

Etymology

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Proper noun

Folivora

A taxonomic suborder within the order Pilosa – sloths.

Synonyms

(suborder): Phyllophaga, Tardigrada (obsolete)

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Xenarthra - superorder; Pilosa - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Bradypodidae, Megalonychidae, †Megatheriidae, †Mylodontidae, †Nothrotheriidae - families

References

Folivora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Folivora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Folivora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Folivora in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Folivora at Paleobiology Database

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