order
Pilosa
Pilosa is an order in the class Mammalia. This database currently files 39 species under it, 3 of them threatened.
- Species filed
- 39
- Threatened
- 3
- Countries recorded
- 0
- With a free photo
- 23%
- Weight range
- 329.5 g – 22.3 kg
What is in Pilosa?
30 families filed directly under this order.
Megalonychidae
linnaeus's two-toed sloth, hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Acratocnus odontrigonus, Eucholoeops ingens …
12 speciesCyclopedidae
common silky anteater, amboro silky anteater, northern silky anteater, red silky anteater …
7 speciesBradypodidae
brown-throated sloth, pygmy three-toed sloth, pale-throated sloth, northern maned sloth
4 speciesMyrmecophagidae
giant anteater, southern tamandua, northern tamandua, Neotamandua conspicua
4 speciesNothrotheriidae
Thalassocnus antiquus, Thalassocnus carolomartini, Thalassocnus littoralis, Thalassocnus yaucensis
4 speciesMegatheriidae
panamerican giant ground sloth, Prepoplanops boleadorensis
2 speciesZalambdalestidae
Zofialestes longidens, Zoslestes gongori
2 speciesAnagalidae
1 speciesEionaletherium
1 speciesGypsonictopidae
1 speciesSimilhapalops
1 speciesAmphiocnus
0 speciesArgyromanis
0 speciesAstigalidae
0 speciesCastrocopros
0 speciesCholoepodidae
0 speciesDidymoconidae
0 speciesDiellipsodon
0 speciesEntelopidae
0 speciesHiskatherium
0 speciesKulbeckiidae
0 speciesMirandabradys
0 speciesMylodontidae
0 speciesOrophodontidae
0 speciesOrthoarthrus
0 speciesPseudictopidae
0 speciesPseudoglyptodon
0 speciesRathymotheriidae
0 speciesScelidotheriidae
0 speciesTrematherium
0 species
Best-known members of Pilosa
Ranked by popularity score.
Giant anteater
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Common silky anteater
Cyclopes didactylus
Brown-throated sloth
Bradypus variegatus
Southern tamandua
Tamandua tetradactyla
Pygmy three-toed sloth
Bradypus pygmaeus
Pale-throated sloth
Bradypus tridactylus
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
Choloepus didactylus
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
Choloepus hoffmanni
How threatened is Pilosa?
10 of 39 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.
| IUCN category | Species | Share of assessed |
|---|---|---|
| CRCritically Endangered | 1 | 10% |
| ENEndangered | 1 | 10% |
| VUVulnerable | 1 | 10% |
| LCLeast Concern | 7 | 70% |
All species in Pilosa
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giant anteater | Myrmecophaga tridactyla | Myrmecophagidae | Vulnerable | 22.3 kg | Not recorded |
| Common silky anteater | Cyclopes didactylus | Cyclopedidae | Least Concern | 329.5 g | Not recorded |
| Brown-throated sloth | Bradypus variegatus | Bradypodidae | Least Concern | 4.34 kg | Not recorded |
| Southern tamandua | Tamandua tetradactyla | Myrmecophagidae | Least Concern | 5.52 kg | Not recorded |
| Pygmy three-toed sloth | Bradypus pygmaeus | Bradypodidae | Critically Endangered | 4.02 kg | Not recorded |
| Pale-throated sloth | Bradypus tridactylus | Bradypodidae | Least Concern | 3.85 kg | Not recorded |
| Linnaeus's two-toed sloth | Choloepus didactylus | Megalonychidae | Least Concern | 5.16 kg | Not recorded |
| Hoffmann's two-toed sloth | Choloepus hoffmanni | Megalonychidae | Least Concern | 4.75 kg | Not recorded |
| Northern maned sloth | Bradypus torquatus | Bradypodidae | Endangered | 3.9 kg | Not recorded |
| Northern tamandua | Tamandua mexicana | Myrmecophagidae | Least Concern | 4.21 kg | Not recorded |
| Amboro silky anteater | Cyclopes catellus | Cyclopedidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Northern silky anteater | Cyclopes dorsalis | Cyclopedidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red silky anteater | Cyclopes rufus | Cyclopedidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ida silky anteater | Cyclopes ida | Cyclopedidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Thomas's silky anteater | Cyclopes thomasi | Cyclopedidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Xingu silky anteater | Cyclopes xinguensis | Cyclopedidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Panamerican giant ground sloth | Eremotherium laurillardi | Megatheriidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acratocnus odontrigonus | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Eucholoeops ingens | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Neotamandua conspicua | Myrmecophagidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Parocnus serus | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Pattersonocnus diazgameroi | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Pliometanastes protistus | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Prepoplanops boleadorensis | Megatheriidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Thalassocnus antiquus | Nothrotheriidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Thalassocnus carolomartini | Nothrotheriidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Thalassocnus littoralis | Nothrotheriidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Thalassocnus yaucensis | Nothrotheriidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Urumacocnus urbanii | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Xibalbaonyx oviceps | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Acratocnus comes | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Eionaletherium tanycnemius | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Gypsonictops lewisi | Gypsonictopidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Megalonychops kraglievichi | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Parocnus dominicanus | Megalonychidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Similhapalops nivis | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Zofiagale ergilinensis | Anagalidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Zofialestes longidens | Zalambdalestidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Zoslestes gongori | Zalambdalestidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |