Xenarthra
E193062
Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals that includes armadillos, anteaters, and sloths, characterized by unique skeletal features and often specialized diets.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xenarthra canonical | 4 |
| Cingulata | 1 |
| Xenarthrans | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1742303 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xenarthra Context triple: [Eutheria, contains, Xenarthra]
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A.
Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla is an order of odd-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, characterized by weight-bearing on one or three toes and a hindgut-fermenting digestive system.
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B.
Vombatiformes
Vombatiformes is a suborder of marsupials that includes wombats and the koala, characterized by stout bodies and herbivorous diets.
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C.
Peramelemorphia
Peramelemorphia is an order of Australasian marsupials that includes bandicoots and bilbies, characterized by their pointed snouts, omnivorous diet, and burrowing habits.
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D.
Theria
Theria is a major subclass of mammals that includes all live-bearing species such as marsupials and placental mammals, excluding egg-laying monotremes.
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E.
Marsupialia
Marsupialia is a group of mammals characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young that typically continue developing in a pouch.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xenarthra Target entity description: Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals that includes armadillos, anteaters, and sloths, characterized by unique skeletal features and often specialized diets.
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A.
Perissodactyla
Perissodactyla is an order of odd-toed hoofed mammals that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs, characterized by weight-bearing on one or three toes and a hindgut-fermenting digestive system.
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B.
Vombatiformes
Vombatiformes is a suborder of marsupials that includes wombats and the koala, characterized by stout bodies and herbivorous diets.
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C.
Peramelemorphia
Peramelemorphia is an order of Australasian marsupials that includes bandicoots and bilbies, characterized by their pointed snouts, omnivorous diet, and burrowing habits.
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D.
Theria
Theria is a major subclass of mammals that includes all live-bearing species such as marsupials and placental mammals, excluding egg-laying monotremes.
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E.
Marsupialia
Marsupialia is a group of mammals characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young that typically continue developing in a pouch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
group of placental mammals ⓘ mammalian order-level clade ⓘ |
| belongsToBiogeographicGroup |
Xenarthra
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Xenarthrans
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| characterizedBy |
additional articulations between lumbar vertebrae
ⓘ
large claws adapted for digging or climbing ⓘ low body temperature compared to most other placental mammals ⓘ low metabolic rate ⓘ reduced or absent dentition in many species ⓘ reinforced vertebral column ⓘ specialized diets ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Cingulata
ⓘ
Pilosa ⓘ |
| divergedFromOtherEutherians | early in placental mammal evolution ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek for "strange joints" referring to extra vertebral articulations ⓘ |
| evolutionaryOrigin | South America ⓘ |
| fossilRecordSince | Paleocene ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Central America
ⓘ
Neotropical realm ⓘ
surface form:
Neotropics
South America ⓘ parts of North America ⓘ |
| hasLivingFamilies |
Bradypodidae
ⓘ
Chlamyphoridae ⓘ Choloepodidae ⓘ Cyclopedidae ⓘ Dasypodidae ⓘ Myrmecophagidae ⓘ |
| includesCommonName |
anteaters
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armadillos ⓘ sloths ⓘ |
| includesExtinctGroups |
glyptodonts
ⓘ
ground sloths ⓘ |
| infraclass | Eutheria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotionTypes |
arboreal
ⓘ
fossorial ⓘ terrestrial ⓘ |
| nativeTo | South America ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | viviparous ⓘ |
| subclass | Theria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | superorder ⓘ |
| typicalDiet |
ants
ⓘ
insects ⓘ leaves ⓘ other plant material ⓘ termites ⓘ |
| unrankedClade | Placentalia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Xenarthra Description of subject: Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals that includes armadillos, anteaters, and sloths, characterized by unique skeletal features and often specialized diets.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Xenarthrans