Journal of Ethology, 2008 Information on mating season is of paramount importance for our understanding of reproductive behavior, yet little is currently known about the breeding season of Xenarhtra as a whole and sloths in particular. A pair of maned sloths was observed copulating in September 2005 in the Atlantic Forest region of south-eastern Brazil. Our studies on mating of
Bernardo B. Dias +5 more
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Wild Encounters: Analyzing Human-Animal Interactions in British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums Facilities. [PDF]
Zoo BiolWe investigated the quantity and diversity of animal–visitor interactions in BIAZA‐accredited facilities, finding 740 opportunities for interactions across a range of contexts including walkthroughs and handling. Meet and greets were the most offered and were influenced by the number of individual animals, cost of interaction, and animal popularity ...
Welsh T +4 more
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Genomic Signatures in Maned Three-Toed Sloths From Ancient to Recent Environmental Changes in Brazil's Threatened Atlantic Forest. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Environmental and climatic changes have shaped the evolutionary trajectories of natural populations, leaving genomic signatures that reflect how species respond to these shifts and their impacts on genetic health. While these insights are essential for unravelling evolutionary histories and informing conservation strategies, studies on ...
Arantes LS +5 more
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Morphological analysis of teeth in Bradypus variegates Schinz, 1825 (Mammalia, Bradypodidae)
Biotemas, 2016 Among the sloth species, we may highlight the Bradypus variegatus, found especially in northeastern Brazil. Given the importance and scarcity of information about the digestive tract of wild animals, this article aims to describe dental morphology in ...
Priscilla Virgínio de Albuquerque +6 more
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On the move: sloths and their epibionts as model mobile ecosystems. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 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.
Kaup M, Trull S, Hom EFY.
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Morphofunctional Space of the Forelimb in Caraguatypotherium munozi (Notoungulata; Mesotheriidae): Insights Into Wrist-Powered Digging. [PDF]
J MorpholCaraguatypotherium munozi displays a distinctive morphofunctional configuration combining high wrist flexor leverage with reduced elbow mechanical advantage—traits consistent with wrist‐dominated scratch‐digging. Multivariate analyses place it outside the core morphospaces of extant locomotor groups.
Medina-González P, Moreno K.
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Wildlife hosts for OIE-Listed diseases: considerations regarding global wildlife trade and host-pathogen relationships. [PDF]
Vet Med Sci, 2017 The expanding international wildlife trade, combined with a lack of surveillance for key animal diseases in most countries, represents a potential pathway for transboundary disease movement. We reviewed peer‐reviewed literature for reports of 73 OIE‐Listed terrestrial animal diseases in wild animals and found 528 possible wild animal hosts using our ...
Smith KM +7 more
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Tarsiidae, Myrmecophagidae, Bradypodidae, and Anthropoidea
, 1987 Harland W. Mossman
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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 +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 +2 more
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