Definition of Order Pholidota

1. Noun. Pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata.

Exact synonyms: Pholidota
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Eutheria, Subclass Eutheria
Member holonyms: Family Manidae, Manidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Pholidota

order Pectinibranchia
order Pediculati
order Pedipalpi
order Pelecaniformes
order Pelycosauria
order Perciformes
order Percomorphi
order Perissodactyla
order Peronosporales
order Pezizales
order Phalangida
order Phallales
order Phasmatodea
order Phasmida
order Pholidota (current term)
order Picariae
order Piciformes
order Piperales
order Plantaginales
order Platyctenea
order Plecoptera
order Plectognathi
order Pleuronectiformes
order Plumbaginales
order Podicipediformes
order Podicipitiformes
order Polemoniales
order Polygonales
order Polymastigina

Literary usage of Order Pholidota

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"order Pholidota. Scaly Anteaters or Pangolins. 11. ORDER TUBULIDENTATA. The Aard Vark. BB. COHORT PRIMATES. Mammals with nails. 12. ORDER PRIMATES. a. ..."

2. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"... of the order Pholidota are absolutely toothless, not even displaying any traces of teeth in the embryo. Except on the under-surface and inside the limbs ..."

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