edentate

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An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa.

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The palatines are edentate, but bear strong ridges throughout their lengths.

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Tubulidentata.—The second suborder of edentates, namely the Tubulidentata, is represented at the present day only by the aard-varks, or ant-bears, of Africa, constituting the family Orycteropodidae and the genus Orycteropus.

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The edentates not only included various ground-sloths, among them the megatherium, which was the size of an elephant, and the somewhat smaller mylodon, but also creatures as fantastic as those of a nightmare.

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The palatine is small, curved anteriorly and edentate.

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