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(Edentata: Bradypodidae)

, 1995
The digestive physiology of six three‐toed sloths (Bradypus tridactylus) fed exclusively on Cecropia palmata foliage was studied. The mass of digesta in the gut was between 17 and 37% of body mass.
W. V. Engelhardt, Foley, W. J., P. Charles‐Dominique, Charles‐Dominique, P., Engelhardt, W. V., W. J. Foley   +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, Felipe Coral dos Santos, André Pukey Oliveira Galvão, Francisco Carlos Amanajás de Aguiar Júnior, Emanuela Paz Rosas, Marcela Barbosa D’Emery, Manuela Figueiroa Lyra de Freitas   +6 more
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Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Sixty-Two Distinct Mammalian Families Based on Complete mtDNA Sequences (17,240 bp)

, 2016
Includes: Aotidae, Atelidae, Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Bathyergidae, Bradypodidae, Bovidae, Caenolestidae, Callitrichidae, Camelidae, Canidae, Castoridae, Cebidae, Cercopithecidae, Cervidae, Chinchillidae, Chlamyphoridae, Cricetidae, Dasypodidae ...
Tommy Rodriguez (459995)
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¿ESTÁ Bradypus tridactylus (Pilosa: Bradypodidae) EN PANAMÁ? [PDF]

, 2016
This note reports the observation of individuals of the genus Bradypus in Darien Forest, Panama, that strongly resemble Bradypus tridactylus rather than the twospecies reported for Panama. The presence of B.
Moreno, Ricardo, Méndez-Carvajal, Pedro G., Meyer, Ninon   +2 more
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Observation of brown-throated three-toed sloths: mating behaviour and the simultaneous nurturing of two young

, 2008
Bradypus variegatus is a member of the Order Pilosa, Family Bradypodidae, and is distributed in many subtropical and tropical countries in South and Central America.
Bezerra, Bruna Martins, Souto, ADS, Schiel, N, Schiel, Nicola, Halsey, Lewis, da Silva Souto, Antonio, Halsey, Lewis George; id_orcid, Bezerra, BM   +7 more
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Choloepinae Gray 1871

, 1993
Subfamily Choloepinae Gray, 1871. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871:430. COMMENTS: Formerly included in Bradypodidae (see Hoffstetter, 1969; Patterson and Pascual, 1968a) or Choloepidae (see Honacki et al., 1982).
Alfred L. Gardner
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Trombicula pecari Brennan and Jones 1960

, 2021
Trombicula pecari Brennan and Jones, 1960: 527 Type locality: Panama, Chiriquí Province (Brennan and Jones 1960). Type host: Pecari tajacu (= Tayassu tajacu) (L., 1758) (Cetartiodactyla: Tayassuidae).
Takatsu, Julia Carvalho, Jacinavicius, Fernando de Castro, Welbourn, Cal, Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes, Ochoa, Ron, Bassini-Silva, Ricardo, Bermúdez, Sergio E., Miranda, Roberto J.   +7 more
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An intra- and interspecific study of body size and autotomy as a defense in Orthoptera [PDF]

, 2008
Autotomy, the ‘voluntary’ shedding of a limb or other body part, is a highly effective escape mechanism to avoid predation or other forms of entrapment. Autotomy, however, comes with costs to locomotion, reproductive behavior, regeneration etc.
Bateman, P.W., Fleming, P.A.
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Amblyomma varium Koch 1844

, 2020
135. Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844a. A Neotropical species whose adults are usually found on Pilosa: Bradypodidae. Adults and nymphs have been collected from Pilosa: Bradypodidae; adults and larvae have been recovered from Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae ...
Robbins, Richard G., Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N.   +2 more
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Morphology of hair of two- and three- toed sloths (Edentata: Bradypodidae).

Revista de biologia tropical, 1988
Micromorphological differences between hairs of the two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) and of the three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) were observed by means of scanning electron microscopy. Hairs of the two-toed sloth had longitudinal grooves which exposed a uniform cortex when viewed in cross section.
Wujek, Daniel E., Cocuzza, Joan M.
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