The behaviour and activity budgets of two sympatric sloths; Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus hoffmanni [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 It is usually beneficial for species to restrict activity to a particular phase of the 24-hour cycle as this enables the development of morphological and behavioural adaptations to enhance survival under specific biotic and abiotic conditions.
Rebecca N. Cliffe +6 more
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Genetic divergence and evidence of human‐mediated translocation of two‐fingered sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni) in Costa Rica [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2020 Sloths are notoriously slow and consequently have limited dispersal ability, which makes them particularly vulnerable to the effects of habitat fragmentation and degradation. Sloths in Costa Rica are considered of conservation concern due to habitat loss,
Rebecca N. Cliffe +6 more
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Multi‐Species Canopy Latrines in Costa Rican Cloud Forests: A Mammal Interactions Hub in a Single Tree Species [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionWe report the discovery of arboreal multi‐species mammal latrines in montane cloud forests of Costa Rica. We surveyed 169 trees from 29 species. Canopy multi‐species latrines were only found in 11 individuals of a single tree species, Ficus tuerckheimii.
Jeremy Quirós‐Navarro +2 more
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Antimicrobial resistance and virulence profiles of Enterobacterales isolated from two-finger and three-finger sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni and Bradypus variegatus) of Costa Rica [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Wildlife has been recently recognized as an environmental reservoir for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, less information on this topic is available in animals released back into the wild after rehabilitation in wildlife facilities ...
Matilde Fernandes +9 more
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The Speaker Method: A Novel Release Method for Offspring Mammals and 5-Year Study on Three Costa Rican Mammals [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Nowadays, wild animals are threatened by humans, with the number of species and individuals decreasing during recent years. Wildlife rescue centers play a vital role in the conservation of wildlife populations.
Encarnación García-Vila +5 more
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Host specificity of gastrointestinal parasites in free-ranging sloths from Costa Rica [PDF]
PeerJThe diversity and host specificity of gastrointestinal parasites infecting free-ranging sloths is poorly known. We compared gastrointestinal parasites of two sloth species from Costa Rica—three-fingered sloths (Bradypus variegatus) and two-fingered ...
Ezequiel A. Vanderhoeven +5 more
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Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenarios [PDF]
PeerJAlthough climate change is predicted to have a substantial effect on the energetic requirements of organisms, the longer-term implications are often unclear.
Rebecca N. Cliffe +6 more
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Seroprevalence of Arboviruses and Genetic Characterization of Orbiviruses in Sloths from Western Panama [PDF]
VirusesArthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are an increasingly significant threat to public health in tropical regions. In this study, we investigated the seroprevalence of various arboviruses in two species of sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni and Bradypus ...
Rita Corrales +13 more
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Anatomy of the Respiratory System and Heart of the Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) of Costa Rica
Revista Ciencias Veterinarias, 2021 The two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) faces various diseases related to the respiratory and circulatory system. Thus, prior knowledge of anatomy becomes relevant since it contributes to the study and interpretation of medical images and surgical ...
Daira Jimena Vigil-Esquivel +6 more
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Human-wildlife ecological interactions shape Escherichia coli population and resistome in two sloth species from Costa Rica [PDF]
npj Antimicrobials and ResistanceAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health concern, with natural ecosystems acting as reservoirs for resistant bacteria. We assessed AMR in Escherichia coli isolated from two wild sloth species in Costa Rica. E.
Cristina Calvo-Fernandez +8 more
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