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Navigating human-sloth bear encounters and attacks in Nepal’s unprotected forests

Environmental Challenges
Human-sloth bear conflict is a recurring issue in multi-use forest landscapes outside protected areas (PAs). In Nepal’s southern region, sloth bears are a major contributor to human-wildlife conflict, yet comprehensive information to inform conflict ...
Manoj Pokharel, Chandramani Aryal, Bidhan Adhikary, Jeevan Rai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ursids evolved early and continuously to be low-protein macronutrient omnivores

Scientific Reports, 2022
The eight species of bears world-wide consume a wide variety of diets. Some are specialists with extensive anatomical and physiological adaptations necessary to exploit specific foods or environments [e.g., polar bears (Ursus maritimus), giant pandas ...
Charles T. Robbins, Amelia L. Christian, Travis G. Vineyard, Debbie Thompson, Katrina K. Knott, Troy N. Tollefson, Andrea L. Fidgett, Tryon A. Wickersham   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unravelling the phylogeny of armadillos and their kin (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) combining morphological, molecular, and stratigraphic data

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Cingulata, a major lineage of Xenarthra, comprises extinct and extant armoured placental mammals that diversified throughout the Cenozoic. Despite extensive study, phylogenetic hypotheses based on morphological and molecular data remain incongruent, and no total evidence analysis has been conducted. Here, we integrate the largest morphological
Daniel M. Casali, Mariela C. Castro, Martin R. Ciancio, Timothy J. Gaudin, Jeremy L. Bramblett, Alberto Boscaini, Fernando A. Perini, Max C. Langer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sloth with Choccy Milk

, 2017
A sloth holding chocolate milkhttps://scholarsmine.mst.edu/libcom_stuart_fall2017/1010/thumbnail ...
Bowen, Madison E.
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Chewing through the Miocene: an examination of the feeding musculature in the ground sloth Hapalops from South America (Mammalia: Pilosa) [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/2pu]

F1000Research, 2014
Hapalops, a smaller-sized and early sloth of the Megatheroidea, appeared in the middle Miocene Santa Cruz formation of Argentina. This genus is part of the group from which later, larger megatheroids arose, i.e., Nothrotheriops and Megatherium.
Virginia L. Naples, Robert K. McAfee
doaj   +1 more source

Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging

Scientific Reports, 2022
Sloth bears behave aggressively toward humans when threatened and are among the most dangerous wildlife in India. Safety messaging for those who live in sloth bear country must be accurate to be effective, and messaging may need to be modified to account
Thomas R. Sharp, Tom S. Smith, Shanmugavelu Swaminathan, Attur S. Arun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local perceptions of Asiatic black bear conservation in a subsistence agriculture community of Mustang, Nepal

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Household surveys in Kunjo, Mustang district examined local perceptions of Asiatic black bear conservation, crop damage, and human‐bear interactions. Crop damage was greater near forest edges, while more than half of households have negative attitude towards bear conservation. The findings highlight the importance of incorporating local perceptions and
Sangam Poudel, Binita Timilsina, Saugat Poudel, Suman Bhattarai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source

Two Toed Sloth, femur of Cholaepus didactylus

, 2022
SLIDE LABEL INFO: Pre printed label: Lab. Creighton Med. Col. Hand 1: Femur of two toed sloth. cholaepus didactylus. 262 U.S.N.M. no 10459 FROM INDEX CARD: Collection: USNM Spec #: 104593 Species: Cholaepus didactylus Common Name: two toed sloth ...
Foote, James S., M.D.
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Ordinal logistic regression results for the sloth experiment.

, 2022
Ordinal logistic regression results for the sloth experiment.
Stephen R. Ross (7542269), Mandi Wilder Schook (12003598), Katherine A. Cronin (12003592), Andrew C. Alba (12003604), Maureen Leahy (12003595), Gina M. Ferrie (12003601)   +5 more
core   +1 more source