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Cingulata

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 271 words | Copyright

Cingulata (order Edentata, suborder Xenarthra) An infra-order that comprises one extinct (Glyptodontoidea) and one extant (Dasypodoidea) superfamily of armadillo-like animals, distinguished by their banding from the furred ant-eaters and sloths to which they are related.

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