Catalogue of Xenarthra in the collections of the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali in Turin

The mammal and osteological historic collections of the Museo di Zoologia and of Anatomia Comparata of the Torino University (Italy), now hosted at Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Torino, contains almost 3000 specimens and an undefined number of skeletal units. Unfortunately, the lack of specialized curatorial staff over time had the consequence that many specimens have not yet been studied and the taxonomic status of such material is in many cases still undetermined. The present work was focused on the 63 flat and mount specimens and 62 skeletal units of orders Cingulata (armadillos) and Pilosa (sloths and anteaters). The study allowed the implementation of a new commented catalogue, the update of the taxonomic nomenclature and a new determination of 30 specimens and 46 skeletal units. Unfortunately, it was not possible to identify at specific level two specimens due to their early ontogenetic stage and three more specimens lacking collecting localities. Overall in the collection are preserved nine species belonging to the order Cingulata and nine species belonging to the order Pilosa of which five are anteaters and four are sloths.