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What is an Edentata?

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An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters that have no incisor teeth.

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What is the name of a toothless mammal starting with e?

edentata


What do all the animals in the Order Edentata lack?

teeth


What is the Order Edentata?

Edentata (meaning toothless, because the members do not have front incisor teeth or molars, or have poorly-developed molars) is an outdated classification: It mistakenly grouped anteaters, sloths, armadillos, ground sloths, glyptodonts ,pampatheres together with the pangolins and aardvarks. It was subsequently realized that Edentata contained unrelated families and was thus invalid by cladistic standards.


What is a placental mammals that generally lack teeth?

Order Edentata (Armadillo, Anteater, Soth)


Something with hair or fur on it starting with e?

elephant, echidna, eland, elk, edentata


What is the closest relative to sloth?

Believe it or not, the closest relatives to sloths are anteaters and armadilloes.These animals are all classified under the order Edentata.


What is the scientific name of a anteater?

The scientific name of an anteater is Myrmecophaga tridactyla.


What are the orders of the mammals?

There are nineteen various orders of mammals. These orders are Artiodactyla, Carnivora, Cetacea, Chiroptera, Dermoptera, Edentata, Hyracoidae, Insectivora, Lagomorpha, Marsupialia, Monotremata, Perissodactyla, Pholidata, Pinnipedia, Primates, Proboscidea, Rodentia, Sirenia, and Tubulidentata.


An order of mammals including the armadillos sloths and anteaters - called also Bruta The incisor teeth are rarely developed and in some groups all the teeth are lacking?

You are describing the order "Edentata" -it's difficult to tell from your question what exactly you want to know.


Do mammals have beak or mouth?

No. There is an order of mammals Edentata who have no teeth. This order includes, sloths and hairy anteaters.Monotremes also do not have teeth. The echidna is a monotreme which only has a sticky tongue. The platypus is has grinding plates, rather than teeth.Baleen whales also have no teeth.


Which mammals start with the letter E?

ElephantEchidna - the spiny anteaterEland (a Savannah & plains antelope found in Africa)Elk (kind of like a moose)Edentata (in an order of mammals that includes anteaters, sloths, and armidillos. its name means toothless)


What family does the armadillo belong in?

Armadillos are mammals, and all mammals belong to the taxonomic domain of Eukarya, members of which are characterised by having cells with nuclei. Eukarya covers all organisms in the Kingdom Animalia, as well as the Kingdoms Plantae, Fungi and Protista.