Kingdom Animalia (animals) Eumetazoa (metazoans) Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) Deuterostomia (deuterostomes) Phylum Chordata (chordates) Craniata (craniates) Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates) Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates) Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates) Tetrapoda (tetrapods) Amniota (amniotes) Synapsida (synapsids) Class Mammalia (mammals) Subclass Theria (Therian mammals) Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals) Order Pilosa (sloths and anteaters) Suborder Vermilingua (anteaters) Family Cyclopedidae (silky anteaters) Family Myrmecophagidae (anteaters)