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Sloth hair as a novel source of fungi with potent anti-parasitic, anti-cancer and anti-bacterial bioactivity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The extraordinary biological diversity of tropical forests harbors a rich chemical diversity with enormous potential as a source of novel bioactive compounds. Of particular interest are new environments for microbial discovery.
Sarah Higginbotham, Weng Ruh Wong, Roger G Linington, Carmenza Spadafora, Liliana Iturrado, A Elizabeth Arnold   +5 more
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Social behavior between mothers × young of sloths Bradypus variegatus SCHINZ, 1825 (Xenarthra: Bradypodidae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2002
This study is a contribution to the ex situ and in situ conservation and preservation of Sloths. The behavioral records of the social interaction between mothers and offspring allow the detection of important learning interactions and psychomotor ...
SOARES C. A., CARNEIRO R. S.
exaly   +2 more sources

Extracción de ADN usando métodos mínimamente invasivos en Xenarthras orden Pilosa, una contribución a su conservación

Actualidades Biológicas, 2021
Los Xenarthra son un grupo de mamíferos, de gran importancia histórica y ecológica, originados en Suramérica. La implementación de técnicas en genética molecular en estos animales está en aumento y para ello, losmétodos de muestreo mínimamente invasivos ...
Yuly Marcela Salazar-Moscoso, Juliana Martínez-Garro, Pablo Andrés Guzmán-González, Tinka Plese   +3 more
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Topographic and morphological aspects of the spleen of Bradypus variegatus (SCHINZ, 1825)

Medicina Veterinária, 2023
Sloths are wild animals with arboreal habits, with slow metabolism, found in tropical forests from South America to Central America. However, the lack of knowledge of their anatomy does not favor the conservation of the species in veterinary care ...
Lucilo Bione da Fonseca Filho, Silvia Fernanda de Alcântara, Maria Eduarda Luiz Coelho de Miranda, Gilcifran Prestes de Andrade, Priscilla Virgínio de Albuquerque, Sandra Maria de Torres, Emanuela Polimeni de Mesquita, Apolônio Gomes Ribeiro, Adelmar Afonso de Amorim Júnior, Júlio Cézar dos Santos Nascimento, Marleyne José Afonso Accioly Lins Amorim   +10 more
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Descrição anatômica da artéria carótida externa e seus ramos na preguiça-comum [PDF]

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2020
RESUMO Bradypus variegatus, espécie pertencente à família Bradypodidae e à superordem Xenarthra, pode ser considerada modelo biológico de caráter multidisciplinar.
M.E.L.C. Miranda, M.J.A.A.L. Amorim, P.V. Albuquerque, F.B.A. Menezes, S.F. Alcântara, L.B. Fonsêca Filho, G.P. Andrade, E.P. Mesquita   +7 more
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The orobasal organ (of Ackerknecht): A bizarre structure of the mammalian oral cavity

Journal of Morphology, Volume 284, Issue 6, June 2023., 2023
In 1912, Ackerknecht discovered and described an epithelial invagination behind the lower medial incisors in different mammalian species. This rudimentary structure might be a vestiagial organ which lost its physiological function. Named after its discoverer the “orobasal organ of Ackerknecht” is widely unknown in the scientific world.
Moritz Stäber, Silke D. Storsberg, Sven Schumann   +2 more
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Roadkill patterns in Latin American birds and mammals

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 31, Issue 9, Page 1756-1783, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Aim Roads are a major threat for wildlife, degrading habitat and causing mortality via wildlife–vehicle collisions. In Latin America, the conjunction of high biodiversity and a rapidly expanding road network is reason for concern. We introduce an approach that combines species traits and habitat preferences to describe vulnerability and map ...
Pablo Medrano‐Vizcaíno, Clara Grilo, Fernando Antônio Silva Pinto, William Douglas Carvalho, Ramiro Dário Melinski, Eduardo D. Schultz, Manuela González‐Suárez   +6 more
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On the move: sloths and their epibionts as model mobile ecosystems

Biological Reviews, Volume 96, Issue 6, Page 2638-2660, December 2021., 2021
ABSTRACT Sloths are unusual mobile ecosystems, containing a high diversity of epibionts living and growing in their fur as they climb slowly through the canopies of tropical forests. These epibionts include poorly studied algae, arthropods, fungi, and bacteria, making sloths likely reservoirs of unexplored biodiversity.
Maya Kaup, Sam Trull, Erik F. Y. Hom
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Description of brachial plexus of sloth (Bradypus variegatus) [PDF]

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2020
: The species Bradypus variegatus is known as the common sloth, an endemic mammal from neotropical regions, which has been suffering from devastating anthropogenic activities. Our study aimed to describe the brachial plexus of B.
Silvia F. Alcântara, Marleyne J.A.L. Amorim, Priscilla V. Albuquerque, Emanuela P. Mesquita, Maria Eduarda L.C. Miranda, Gilcifran P. Andrade, Nathalia E.O. Nascimento, Júlio C.S. Nascimento   +7 more
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Phylogenetic analysis of 16S mitochondrial DNA data in sloths and anteaters

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2003
We sequenced part of the 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene in 17 extant taxa of Pilosa (sloths and anteaters) and used these sequences along with GenBank sequences of both extant and extinct sloths to perform phylogenetic analysis based on parsimony, maximum ...
Maria Claudene Barros, Iracilda Sampaio, Horacio Schneider   +2 more
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