New research on armadillos reveals how DNA shuffling rates evolve. These ancient mammals have surprisingly similar rates, ...

Dr. Croft has been a faculty member of Case Western Reserve University since 2003. He teaches human anatomy to medical and graduate students, and his research focuses on the evolution and paleoecology ...

ANIMAL GENETICS SHORT COMMUNICATION Chromosome study of Anteaters (Myrmecophagideae, Xenarthra) - A preliminary report Hélio Rubens Jacintho Pereira JúniorI, II; Wilham JorgeII; Maria Elvira Loyola ...

Meanwhile, armadillos, or “little armored ones” in Spanish, belong to the superorder Xenarthra, which also includes anteaters and sloths. Within this order, they fall into the sub-order Cingulata.

Armadillos are part of Xenarthra, the mammalian group native to the Americas that also includes anteaters and sloths.

Armadillos form part of the superorder Xenarthra along with anteaters and sloths. There are 21 extant species of armadillo, some of which are distinguished by the number of bands on their armor ...

As part of the Xenarthra (or Edentata) superorder of mammals, these hefty armadillo ancestors were staunch herbivores. A 2016 DNA test confirmed that Glyptodon were indeed related to modern-day ...