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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Post-release ecology of rehabilitated Hoffmann’s two-toed sloths in Panamá
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.
Chelsea Morton +4 more
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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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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
Kissia Ferreira Pereira +5 more
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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 ...
Michael Buckley +7 more
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Sloths like it hot: ambient temperature modulates food intake in the brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Sloths are considered to have one of the lowest mass-specific metabolic rates of any mammal and, in tandem with a slow digestive rate, have been theorized to have correspondingly low rates of ingestion. Here, we show in a study conducted over five months,
Rebecca N. Cliffe +3 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018 Background Sloths are one of only two exceptions to the mammalian ‘rule of seven’ vertebrae in the neck. As a striking case of breaking the evolutionary constraint, the explanation for the exceptional number of cervical vertebrae in sloths is still under
Christine Böhmer +4 more
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Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2021 The aim of this study was to establish reference parameters for the hematological and biochemical levels of five healthy captive sloths of the speciesBradypus variegatus(brown-throated sloth) feeding onCecropia pachystachya(Ambay pumpwood), alternating ...
M.C. Tschá +7 more
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Two new species of moths (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Chrysauginae) associated with the three-toed sloth (Bradypus spp.) in South America [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1982 Two species of chrysaugine moths, discovered as a result of an ecological study in Brazil of tree sloths and their ectoparasites, are described as new and named Cryptoses waagei sp. n. and C. rufipictus sp. n.
J. D. Bradley
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Urban Sloths: Public Knowledge, Opinions, and Interactions
Animals, 2018 Free-range sloths living in an urban environment are rare. In this study, the opinions, attitudes, and interactions with a population of Bradypus variegatus were investigated through short, structured interviews of people in the pubic square where the ...
Kissia Ferreira Pereira +3 more
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