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  Pictures of the order of pangolins | Order Pholidota facts
The order Pholidota is exclusive to the seven species of Pangolins found throughout Africa and Asia.
This strange and rarely seen member of the family Manidae from the order Pholidota is an old-world creature once associated with anteaters, sloths and armadillos.
Pholidota, genus Pholidota -- (genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indomalaya and western Pacific)
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Pholidota   (591 words)

  
 Pholidota - definition of Pholidota - Labor Law Talk Dictionary (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Pholidota - genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific
Pangolins are mammals with large scales on their skins which can be found in parts of Africa and Asia.
Their sizes vary with species, from 30 cm to 100 cm, with females being smaller than males.
encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Pholidota   (286 words)

  
 Using Phylogenies to Study Convergence: The Case of the Ant-Eating Mammals -- Reiss 41 (3): 507 -- American Zoologist
In A, Pholidota is the sister-group to anteaters within Xenarthra, which is the basal clade of eutherian (or placental) mammals.
In B, Pholidota is the sister-group of Xenarthra, and as in A, the clade containing xenarthran and pholidotan taxa is basal to all other eutherians.
Myology of the feeding apparatus of myrmecophagid anteaters (Xenarthra: Myrmecophagidae).
icb.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/41/3/507   (5861 words)

  
 Palaeos Vertebrates 450.100 Eutheria
Note: At the moment, we do not use Placentalia (the crown group of all living eutherians), since we have no idea where to put it.
Links: Family Manidae; Pholidota; Mammalogy Image Archives- Pholidota; Pholidota Giant Pangolin or Scaly Anteater Skull; Pholidota; China Species Information System (Chinese and English); Mammalia- Pholidota - Schuppentiere (German); Order Pholidota- Pangolins or Scaly Anteater; ordo Pholidota; Pangolins - Order Pholidota; Pholidota - Luskouni (Czech); Pholidota [incl.
Note: This may be the stem lineage of the Pholidota.
www.palaeos.com /Vertebrates/Units/450Eutheria/450.100.html   (553 words)

  
 Schuppentiere (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Schuppentiere sind eine Gattung und Ordnung (Pholidota) der Saeugetiere" />
Schuppentiere sind eine Gattung und Ordnung (Pholidota) der Saeugetiere
Die großen Hornschuppen, die die Körperoberseite dachziegelartig besetzen und die diese Tiere - mit ihrem schmalen Kopf, walzenförmigen Rumpf und langen Schwanz, die alle absatzlos ineinander übergehen - wie große Tannenzapfen aussehen lassen, gaben dieser Ordnung ihren Namen (Tannenzapfen- oder Schuppentiere).
www.das-tierlexikon.de.cob-web.org:8888 /schuppentiere.htm   (1142 words)

  
 Pholidota (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
After McKenna and Bell, 1997, with species from Alroy, 2002
<==o Pholidota Weber, 1904 sensu McKenna and Bell, 1997 [taxonomic history] (pangolins; muurahaiskävyt) ?- †Auroratherium Tong and Wamg, 1997; L.Eoc.
Gaudin, T. and Wible, J. R., 1999: The Entotympanic of Pangolins and the Phylogeny of the Pholidota (Mammalia).
www.fmnh.helsinki.fi.cob-web.org:8888 /users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Eutheria/Cimolesta/Pholidota.htm   (406 words)

  
 ADW: Pholidota...: Classification (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
We could not find any information about the taxon Pholidota...
You might also need to check your spelling or your sources.
If you are looking for a species, you can also search for the generic name (for example, the Myotis part of Myotis lucifugus) and look at the list of recognized species within that genus.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /site/accounts/classification/Pholidota...   (145 words)

  
 IOSPE PHOTOS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Rattlesnake Orchid [Australia] - Necklace orchid [PNG} - The Overlapping Shingle Pholidota
1890; Pholidota assamica Sander ex Regel 1890; Pholidota beccarii Schltr.
] The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1985 as Pholidota imbricata var.
www.orchidspecies.com /pholimbricata.htm   (46 words)

  
 Pholidota
Rolled into a ball, but junior wants in.
THE ORDER PHOLIDOTA: In the tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia and Africa are found seven species that constitute the entire order of Pholidota.
These scaly anteaters are mainly terrestrial creatures, but are also arboreal at times, and they look like walking pinecones.
www.americazoo.com /goto/index/mammals/pholidota.htm   (506 words)

  
 a necklace or rattlesnake orchid, Pholidota imbricata - Orchid Gallery Forum - GardenWeb
RE: a necklace or rattlesnake orchid, Pholidota imbricata
I like it and hope to find out more as to size, culture, etc.
It looks as if it is growing wild...
forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/orchidsgal/msg1007192131506.html   (210 words)

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