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Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825

, 1993
Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825. Das Thierreich, 4:510. TYPE LOCALITY: "Südamerika;" restricted to Brazil by Mertens (1925) who suggested that the type may have come from Bahia. DISTRIBUTION: Honduras to Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, W Venezuela, E Perù and Bolivia, Paraguay, and N Argentina. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.
Alfred L. Gardner
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Identifying management units in non-endangered species: the example of the sloth Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825

Brazilian Journal of Biology
In this study we propose the analysis of genetic diversity of the common three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus, in an attempt to understand population structure, identify divergent intraspecific units, and contribute to the knowledge of biodiversity in ...
N. Moraes-Barros, CY. Miyaki, JS. Morgante   +2 more
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Estado de conservacion y caracterización del hábitat de bradypus variegatus schinz 1825 (mammalia: xenarthra) durante la época seca, en el departamento de Sucre, Colombia. [PDF]

Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal Recia, 2011
Este trabajo se realizó en las cinco subregiones del Departamento de Sucre, durante los meses de febrero y junio de 2009, con el fin de caracterizar el hábitat de Bradypus variegatus y su utilización por parte de esta especie.
ALCIDES SAMPEDRO-MARÍN, KELLY AGUAS-MONTES, DIANA JIMÉNEZ-PINEDA   +2 more
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Macroscopic Description of Small and Large Intestine of the Sloth Bradypus variegatus [PDF]

Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2018
Background: Sloths of the species Bradypus variegatus are mammals with peculiar habits, which feed mostly young leaves of ‘embaúba’ and occur broadly in Central and South America. This specie has the greatest occurrence in Brazilian Northeast, making it a biological model for several researches in the fields as anatomy, physiology, genetics, pathology,
da Fonseca Filho, Lucilo Bioni, de Albuquerque, Priscilla Virgínio, Alcântara, Silvia Fernanda, Nascimento, Júlio Cézar dos Santos, de Miranda, Maria Eduarda Luiz Coelho, de Andrade, Gilcifran Prestes, Brito Pereira, Lourival Barro de Sousa, Afonso Menezes, Fernanda Barreto, de Mesquita, Emanuela Polimeni, Lins Amorim, Marleyne José Afonso Accioly   +9 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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Disparity of turbinal bones in placental mammals. [PDF]

Anat Rec (Hoboken)
Abstract Turbinals are key bony elements of the mammalian nasal cavity, involved in heat and moisture conservation as well as olfaction. While turbinals are well known in some groups, their diversity is poorly understood at the scale of placental mammals, which span 21 orders.
Martinez Q, Wright M, Dubourguier B, Ito K, van de Kamp T, Hamann E, Zuber M, Ferreira G, Blanc R, Fabre PH, Hautier L, Amson E.   +11 more
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Nutritive Value and Degradation Kinetic Parameters of Three Plants for Feeding Bradypus variegatus Schinz, In Vitro Evaluation [PDF]

Animals
This study aimed to evaluate the nutritive value of three feeds (Cecropia sp., Pterodon sp., and Inga sp.) for sloths (Bradypus variegatus), based on nutritional composition and in vitro gas production.
Igor Luiz Carvalho Máximo, Júlio Cézar dos Santos Nascimento, Gilcifran Prestes de Andrade, José Lypson Pinto Simões Izidro, Priscilla Virgínio de Albuquerque, Daniel Bezerra do Nascimento, Janerson José Coêlho, Marleyne José Afonso Accioly Lins Amorim, Alexandre Carneiro Leão de Mello, Romero Marcos Pedrosa Brandão Costa, Carlos Bôa-Viagem Rabello, Maria do Carmo Mohaupt Marques Ludke, Apolônio Gomes Ribeiro, Carolina Louise Nascimento de Santana, Ricardo Alexandre Silva Pessoa   +14 more
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Variación no alométrica en el cráneo del perezoso bayo Bradypus variegatus (Schinz, 1825) (Mammalia, Pilosa, Bradypodidae) [PDF]

Graellsia, 2019
El perezoso bayo Bradypus variegatus (Schinz, 1825) es un mamífero monomórfico, de ontogenia craneal poco conocida. En este estudio analizamos la alometría estática entre tamaño y forma, utilizando 21 especímenes diferentes de edades diversas.
P. M. Parés-Casanova
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Ticks and tick-borne bacterial pathogens found on hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on cattle in the Central River region of The Gambia. [PDF]

Med Vet Entomol
First detection of Ehrlichia minasensis, Anaplasma marginale and hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in cattle in The Gambia. Identification of four tick species, with Hyalomma marginatum being the most common. 15.6% of ticks tested positive for tick‐borne pathogens, including Ehrlichia spp., A. marginale and hemotropic Mycoplasma spp.
Kargbo A, Osman AM, Jawo E, Fatty LKM, Collere FCM, André MR, Hassan-Kadle AA, Vieira TSWJ, Machado RZ, Vieira RFC.   +9 more
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Polling the Public to Select Flagship Species for Tourism and Conservation-A 'Big Five' for the Peruvian Amazon? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Flagship species are used to promote conservation and tourism, but selecting species purely for prescribed appealing characteristics may overlook unique flagships or homogenise selections. A strategy of polling the public can more directly identify existing preferences for species for marketing.
Recharte M, Lee PC, Vick SJ, Bowler M.
europepmc   +2 more sources