Digital reconstruction of the inner ear of Leptictidium auderiense (Leptictida, Mammalia) and North American leptictids reveals new insight into leptictidan locomotor agility [PDF]
, 2016 Leptictida are basal Paleocene to Oligocene eutherians from Europe and North America comprising species with highly specialized postcranial features including elongated hind limbs. Among them, the European Leptictidium was probably a bipedal runner or
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An update on the physiology of two- and three-toed sloths [PDF]
, 2000 Physiological and pharmacological research undertaken on sloths during the past 30 years is comprehensively reviewed. This includes the numerous studies carried out upon the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, anesthesia, blood chemistry ...
Da-Costa, C.P. +2 more
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Four new reports of mammal species from Tayrona National Park, Colombia
Mammalogy Notes, 2016 This protected area is one of the most visited in the country. However, information regarding basic biodiversity inventories and especially for mammals is scarce (Jimenez-Alvarado et al. 2015).
Alexandra Pineda-Guerrero +1 more
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A Fauna de Morcegos Fósseis como Ferramenta na Caracterização de Paleoambientes Quaternários. [PDF]
, 2007 This study proposes to reconstruct the paleoenvironment from Quaternary sites of the caves in the sertão baiano and Lagoa Santa region during the Pleistocene.
Alexandre Granhen +5 more
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Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825
, 2017 Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825: Figure 10 Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825 — Tirira 2007, Moraes-Barros et al. 2014. Material examined: Table 1. Long, dense, thick and wavy pelage (except on the face), inverted from the belly to the back, the back is grayish, yellowish gray or pale grayish brown, marbled, and with prominent whitish stains; small and ...
Torres-Porras, Jeronimo +3 more
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Nightly selection of resting sites and group behavior reveal antipredator strategies in giraffe
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 6, Page 2917-2927, March 2020., 2020 Sleep is essential but it can be a life‐threatening behavioral stage for wildlife. Giraffe, with an array of predators, developed antipredator strategies to survive the night. The tallest land mammal selects “safe” resting sites to take a break during part of the night.
Anna Lena Burger +3 more
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Sloths host Anhanga virus‐related phleboviruses across large distances in time and space
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 11-17, January 2020., 2020 Abstract Sloths are genetically and physiologically divergent mammals. Phleboviruses are major arthropod‐borne viruses (arboviruses) causing disease in humans and other animals globally. Sloths host arboviruses, but virus detections are scarce. A phlebovirus termed Anhanga virus (ANHV) was isolated from a Brazilian Linnaeus's two‐toed sloth (Choloepus ...
Edmilson F. de Oliveira Filho +8 more
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Fecal estradiol and progesterone metabolite levels in the three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2006 The present study was carried out to assess the possibility of measuring fecal steroid hormone metabolites as a noninvasive technique for monitoring reproductive function in the three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus.
M. Mühlbauer +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 +10 more
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Species distribution modeling reveals strongholds and potential reintroduction areas for the world's largest eagle [PDF]
, 2019 The highly interactive nature of predator-prey relationship is essential for ecosystem conservation; predators have been extirpated, however, from entire ecosystems all over the Earth. Reintroductions comprise a management technique to reverse this trend.
Farias, Camila C L +4 more
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