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Sloths are a
Neotropical group of
xenarthran mammals constituting the
suborder Folivora,
including the
extant arboreal tree
sloths and
extinct terrestrial...
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sloths are a
paraphyletic group, as
living tree
sloths are
thought to have
evolved from
ground sloth ancestors. The
early evolution of
ground sloths took...
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referred to as three-fingered
sloths. However,
sloths are
generally regarded as quadrupeds. Like the two-toed
sloth, three-toed
sloths are
agile swimmers. They...
- Look up
sloth in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
sloth is a
mammal of the
rainforests in the Americas.
Sloth or
Sloths may also
refer to:
Sloth (deadly...
- The
maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus) is a three-toed
sloth that is
native to
South America. It is one of four
species of three-toed
sloths belonging to...
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sloths are a
diverse group belonging to
superorder Xenarthra,
which also
includes extinct pampatheres and glyptodonts, as well as
living tree
sloths,...
- two-toed
sloths,
sometimes also
called two-fingered
sloths. The two
species of
Choloepus (which
means "lame foot"), Linnaeus's two-toed
sloth (Choloepus...
- A
sloth moth is a
coprophagous moth
which has
evolved to
exclusively inhabit the fur of
sloths and to use
sloth dung as a
substrate for the
early stages...
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related to
sloths. This
clade has been
dubbed the ‘‘
sloth lemurs’’
because of
remarkable postcranial convergences with
South American sloths.
Despite postcranial...
- algae, pale-throated
sloths are also
commensal with
sloth moths, and with
certain species of beetle.
These insects live in the
sloth's fur, and lay their...