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Afrotheria are a clade of mammals that has been proposed based on DNA analysis. Afrotheria are believed to have originated in Africa at a time when the continent was isolated from other continents. Their only externally visible common characteristic is the movable snout. The clades contained in Afrotheria are:
Some Afrotherian clades are analogous to clades of mammals outside of Afrotheria; for example, Sirenia to whales, tenrecs to Insectivora, Paenungulata to other ungulateUngulates (meaning roughly " hoofed" or "hoofed animal") make up several orders of mammals, of which six survive: Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, antelope, and many others Cetacea: whales and dolphins (which evolved from hoos, aardvarks to anteaterMyrmecophaga Tamandua Cyclopes Anteaters are mammals of the order Xenarthra and the family Myrmecophagidae commonly known for eating ants and termites. The largest representative of the group is the Giant Anteater or Ant-bear Myrmecophaga tridactyla or jus.
