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Xenarthra

superorder of mammals including anteaters, sloths, and armadillos
Taxon taxon Q173612
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Summary

Xenarthra is a taxon[1]. Xenarthra ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,805 views/month, #991 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: superorder[3]
  • Parent taxon: Placentalia[4]
  • Taxon name: Xenarthra[5]
  • Commons category: Xenarthra[6]
  • Start time: -59000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Xenarthra[8], Q9202743[9]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Xenartri[12]
  • Homonymous taxon: Xenarthra[13]

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Identifiers

Xenarthra's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9348[14]. Xenarthra's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1308046[15]. Xenarthra's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10998477[16]. Xenarthra's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552289[17].

Why It Matters

Xenarthra has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Xenarthra is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · FlocciNivis · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist taxon id → 848322
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Inaturalist taxon id: 848322, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1781110391354"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic has template → Template:Xenartri
    Start time → -59000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 1562, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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