Collagen Sequence Analysis of the Extinct Giant Ground Sloths Lestodon and Megatherium. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 For over 200 years, fossils of bizarre extinct creatures have been described from the Americas that have ranged from giant ground sloths to the 'native' South American ungulates, groups of mammals that evolved in relative isolation on South America ...
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Post-release ecology of rehabilitated Hoffmann’s two-toed sloths in Panamá [PDF]
Tropical Zoology, 2023 The field of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation continues to grow as human expansion increases the rate of deforestation in Latin America. Sloths (Bradypus spp.
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A Tale of Two Continents (and a Few Islands): Ecology and Distribution of Late Pleistocene Sloths
Land, 2023 Late Pleistocene sloths were widely distributed and present in a diversity of habitats in South, Central, and North America and some Caribbean Islands. Late Pleistocene sloths include 27 genera in four families Megatheriidae, Megalonychidae, Mylodontidae,
H. Gregory McDonald
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Hematology and serum biochemistry of free-range brown-throated sloths in two urban areas in Brazil [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2020 Background and Aim: The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is widely distributed in three biomes: The Amazon, Atlantic Forest, and Caatinga. Some subpopulations are isolated in urban areas in Brazil, usually in squares and small woods. Due to the
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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,
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Breaking evolutionary and pleiotropic constraints in mammals: On sloths, manatees and homeotic mutations [PDF]
EvoDevo, 2011 Background Mammals as a rule have seven cervical vertebrae, except for sloths and manatees. Bateson proposed that the change in the number of cervical vertebrae in sloths is due to homeotic transformations. A recent hypothesis proposes that the number of
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Are Sloths Dangerous? Do Sloths Attack Humans?
Mystery shrouds the truth about sloths' potential danger to humans, leading to surprising revelations ahead.
Erzsebet Frey
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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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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 ...
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High moon brightness and low ambient temperatures affect sloth predation by harpy eagles [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Climate plays a key role in the life histories of tropical vertebrates. However, tropical forests are only weakly seasonal compared with temperate and boreal regions. For species with limited ability to control core body temperature, even mild
Everton B.P. de Miranda +7 more
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