- Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenarios
2024/09/27 by Rebecca N. Cliffe, Heather E. Ewart, D. Michael Scantlebury +4 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Altitude (triangle) #Basal metabolic rate #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Climate change #Ecology #Effects of high altitude on humans #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Global warming #Metabolic rate #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Sloth
- Ancient Mitogenomes Reveal the Evolutionary History and Biogeography of Sloths
2019/06/01 by Frédéric Delsuc, Melanie Kuch, Gillian C. Gibb +11 · 2 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Biogeography #Biology #Clade #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Molecular clock #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #Sloth #Xenarthra #Zoology
- Campo Laborde: A Late Pleistocene giant ground sloth kill and butchering site in the Pampas
2019/03/01 by Gustavo G. Politis, Pablo G. Messineo, Thomas W. Stafford +1 · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Psychology · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Sloth #Pleistocene #Archaeology #Geography #Geology #Paleontology #Zoology #Biology
- Xibalbaonyx oviceps, a new megalonychid ground sloth (Folivora, Xenarthra) from the Late Pleistocene of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, and its paleobiogeographic significance
2017/05/22 by Sarah R. Stinnesbeck, Eberhard Frey, Jerónimo Avilés Olguín +11 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biological dispersal #Biology #Cave #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Geography #Geology #Karst #Paleontology #Peninsula #Pleistocene #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Sinkhole #Sloth #Xenarthra #Yucatan peninsula
- Gradual adaptation of bone structure to aquatic lifestyle in extinct sloths from Peru
2014/03/12 by Eli Amson, Christian de Muizon, Michel Laurin +2 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Osteosclerosis #Xenarthra #Vertebrate #Sloth #Biology #Adaptation (eye) #Ecology #Quadrupedalism #Zoology #Paleontology
- Unexpected Strong Polygyny in the Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth
2012/12/19 by Jonathan N. Pauli, M. Zachariah Peery · 1 voice · 7 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Biology #Demography #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Habitat #Mating #Mating system #Polygyny #Population #Promiscuity #Sloth #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Zoology
- Discovery of a sensory organ that coordinates lunge feeding in rorqual whales
2012/05/01 by Nicholas D. Pyenson, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, A. Wayne Vogl +3 · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Neuroscience · #Anatomy #Balaenoptera #Biology #Bird flight #Bottlenose dolphin #Cetacea #Ecology #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Marine animal studies overview #Neuroscience #Paleontology #Predation #Sensory system #Sloth #Underwater Acoustics Research #Whale #Wing #Zoology
- Skeletal development in sloths and the evolution of mammalian vertebral patterning
2010/10/18 by Lionel Hautier, Vera Weisbecker, Marcelo R. Sánchez‐Villagra +2 · 4 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · #Anatomy #Axial skeleton #Biology #Cervical vertebrae #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Genetics #Heterochrony #Lumbar vertebrae #Morphological variations and asymmetry #Ontogeny #Ossification #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Skeleton (computer programming) #Skull #Sloth #Thoracic vertebrae #Xenarthra #Zoology
- Systematic and taxonomic revision of the Pleistocene ground sloth Megatherium (Pseudomegatherium) tarijense (Xenarthra: Megatheriidae)
2009/12/12 by Gerardo De Iuliis, François Pujos, Giuseppe Tito · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · Psychology · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Xenarthra #Pleistocene #Sloth #Taxon #Megafauna #Zoology #Archaeology #Biology #Geography #Geology #Ecology
- Retroposed Elements and Their Flanking Regions Resolve the Evolutionary History of Xenarthran Mammals (Armadillos, Anteaters, and Sloths)
2007/08/16 by Maren Möller-Krull, Frédéric Delsuc, Gennady Churakov +5 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Genetic diversity and population structure #Armadillo #Biology #Xenarthra #Phylogenetic tree #Sloth #Evolutionary biology #Retroposon #Sister group #Dasypus novemcinctus #Subfamily #Phylogenetics #Clade #Zoology #Genetics #Genome #Ecology #Gene
- Sexual dimorphism in the skull of Harlan's ground sloth
2006/11/10 by H. Gregory McDonald · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Geography #Paleontology #Sexual dimorphism #Skull #Sloth #Zoology
- Muzzle of South American Pleistocene ground sloths (Xenarthra, Tardigrada)
2005/11/28 by M. Susana Bargo, Néstor Toledo, Sergio F. Vizcaı́no · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Tardigrade Biology and Ecology #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Xenarthra #Biology #Muzzle #Tardigrada #Sloth #Armadillo #Pleistocene #Zoology #Paleontology #Archaeology #Geography
- The evolution of feeding adaptations of the aquatic slothThalassocnus
2004/06/11 by Christian de Muizon, H. Gregory McDonald, Rodolfo Salas‐Gismondi +1 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Sloth #Biology #Zoology #Ecology
- A new species of Megatherium (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae) from the Pleistocene of Sacaco and Tres Ventanas, Peru
2004/05/01 by François Pujos, Rodolfo Salas‐Gismondi · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Genus #Geology #Xenarthra #Sloth #Pleistocene #Anatomy #Paleontology #Biology #Botany
- Nuclear Gene Sequences from a Late Pleistocene Sloth Coprolite
2003/07/01 by Hendrik Poinar, Hendrik N. Poinar, Melanie Kuch +3 · 10 citations
Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Metabolism and Genetic Disorders #Mitochondrial Function and Pathology #Nuclear gene #Paleontology #Paleopathology and ancient diseases #Pleistocene #Sloth #Zoology
- Seed Dispersal by the Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) in South India1
2002/09/01 by P. G. Sreekumar, Parameswaran G. Sreekumar, M. Balakrishnan · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biological dispersal #Biology #Botany #Demography #Dry season #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Germination #Population #Seed dispersal #Sloth #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- A molecular analysis of ground sloth diet through the last glaciation
2000/12/01 by Michael Hofreiter, Hendrik N. Poinar, W. Geoffrey Spaulding +4 · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Sloth #Biology #GenBank #Chloroplast DNA #Cave #myr #Zoology #Phylogenetic tree #Paleontology #Ecology #Genetics #Gene #Genome
- The Ground Sloth, <i>Megalonyx</i>, from Pleistocene Deposits of the Old Crow Basin, Yukon, Canada
2000/01/01 by H. Gregory McDonald, C. R. Harington, Gerardo De Iuliis · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Pleistocene #Sloth #Structural basin #Geology #Archaeology #Range (aeronautics) #Glacial period #Early Pleistocene #Geography #Paleontology #Physical geography
- Tool use by a red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) towards a two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
1998/10/01 by Cécile Richard-Hansen, Cécile Richard‐Hansen, Natalia Bello +2 · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Psychology · #Aggression #Agonistic behaviour #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Animal ecology #Biology #Cebidae #Child and Animal Learning Development #Context (archaeology) #Ecology #Panthera #Predation #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Sloth #Zoology
- Molecular Coproscopy: Dung and Diet of the Extinct Ground Sloth Nothrotheriops shastensis
1998/07/17 by Hendrik N. Poinar, Michael Hofreiter, W. Geoffrey Spaulding +6 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Sloth #Cave #Biology #Pleistocene #Feces #Ancient DNA #DNA #Zoology #Ecology #Paleontology #Genetics
- Convenio de mugas en 1422 entre Ustés y Navascués
1993/01/01 by William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik, Warren E. Johnson +4 · 13 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Medicine · Social Sciences · #Armadillo #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Biology #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Galician and Iberian cultural studies #Gene #Genetic diversity and population structure #Insectivore #Mammal #Medicine #Medieval European Literature and History #Medieval and Early Modern Iberia #Philosophy #Phylogenetic tree #Political science #Predation #Sloth #Xenarthra #Zoology
- Morphological changes in the facial region and a model of dental growth and wear pattern development in Nothrotheriops shastensis
1990/09/20 by Virginia L. Naples · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Psychology · Dentistry · Medicine · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Juvenile #Cave #Sloth #Enamel paint #Biology #Tooth wear #Maxilla #Cusp (singularity) #Anatomy #Orthodontics #Dentistry #Paleontology #Ecology #Medicine
- Chloroplast DNA sequence from a Miocene Magnolia species
1990/04/12 by Edward M. Golenberg, David E. Giannasi, Michael T. Clegg +6 · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Ancient DNA #Biology #Botany #Chloroplast #Chloroplast DNA #DNA #DNA sequencing #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Genus #Paleontology #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Sequence (biology) #Sloth #myr
- A Ground Sloth in Alaska
1942/05/29 by Chester Stock · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and Natural History #Biology #Ecology #Geography #Rangeland and Wildlife Management #Sloth
- XII. Observations on the Neck of the Three‐toed Sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, Linn
1834/04/01 by THOMAS BELL, Thomas Bell · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Biology #Citation #Combinatorics #Computer science #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology #Library science #Mathematics #Philosophy #Sloth