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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2013 We used information from systematic camera trapping surveys to study activity patterns of sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats during November 2009 to April 2010.Overall 61 independent photographs were obtained from ...
T. Ramesh +3 more
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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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Macroscopic morphological aspects, ecometry and rebound tonometry of the eye bulb in sloth (Bradypus variegatus) [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2020 : The field related to the visual system of wild animals is deeply scarce. Settling anatomical and physiological parameters for these animals is still a descriptive vision for Bradypus variegatus (Schinz, 1825).
Richelle S. Braz +7 more
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Sloth Bear Attacks on Humans in Central India: Implications for Species Conservation
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2018 Conflicts with wild animals are increasing as human populations grow and related anthropogenic activities encroach into wildlife habitats. A good example of this situation is the increase in conflicts between humans and sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) in ...
Nisha Singh +2 more
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A Perspectival Account of Acedia in the Writings of Kierkegaard
Religions, 2020 Søren Kierkegaard is well-known as an original philosophical thinker, but less known is his reliance upon and development of the Christian tradition of the Seven Deadly Sins, in particular the vice of acedia, or sloth.
Jared Brandt +2 more
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Description of brachial plexus of sloth (Bradypus variegatus) [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2020 : The species Bradypus variegatus is known as the common sloth, an endemic mammal from neotropical regions, which has been suffering from devastating anthropogenic activities. Our study aimed to describe the brachial plexus of B.
Silvia F. Alcântara +7 more
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IV.—On the Placentation of the Sloths [PDF]
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1873 Comparative Anatomists have long been desirous to obtain detailed information on the Placentation of the Sloths. The only observations on this subject which appear to have been made up to this time have been recorded by Professor Rudolphi of Berlin, and Dr C. G. Carus of Dresden.
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Revista Ciencias Veterinarias, 2021 The Choloepus Hoffmani is a mammal belonging to the Xenarthra superorder; xenarthrans are distributed from North to South America. It is common for these animals to require medical attention at wildlife rescue centers after being attacked by domestic ...
Maripaz Chinchilla-Barboza +7 more
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Sloth: Threads as Interrupts [PDF]
2009 30th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium, 2009 Traditional operating systems differentiate between threads, which are managed by the kernel scheduler, and interrupt handlers, which are scheduled by the hardware. This approach is not only asymmetrical in its nature, but also introduces problems relevant to real-time systems because low-priority interrupt handlers can interrupt high-priority threads.
Wanja Hofer +3 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010 Background Sloths are slow-moving arboreal mammals inhabiting tropical rainforests in Central and South America. The six living species of sloths are occasionally reported to display a greenish discoloration of their pelage.
Chiarello Adriano G +7 more
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