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A three-fingered sloth (Bradypus variegatus) crossing a road using a rope bridge.Loss of habitat due to rainforest urbanisation (including power line electrocutions, dog attacks and traffic collisions) agriculture, climate change, [10] wildlife trade and irresponsible ecotourism (i.e. wildlife selfies) are some of the main threats that sloths face. [11]
Sloths were first mentioned in scientific literature in 1749, where they were labelled as ‘the lowest form of existence’ due to their extraordinary low metabolic rate, which allows the animals ...
15 km (road) 42:15+ Marílson dos Santos: 14 October 2007 World Road Running Championships: Udine, Italy [6] 10 miles (road) 46:19 Valdenor dos Santos: 9 April 1995 Washington, D.C., United States 20,000 m (track) 1:02:17.8 Elói Schleder: 27 November 1976 São Paulo, Brazil 20 km (road) 56:32+ Marílson dos Santos: 14 October 2007 World Road ...
The three-toed or three-fingered sloths are arboreal neotropical mammals. [2] They are the only members of the genus Bradypus (meaning "slow-footed") and the family Bradypodidae. The five living species of three-toed sloths are the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, the southern maned sloth, and the pygmy three-toed ...
Megatherium (/ m ɛ ɡ ə ˈ θ ɪər i ə m / meg-ə-THEER-ee-əm; from Greek méga 'great' + theríon (θηρίον) 'beast') is an extinct genus of ground sloths endemic to South America that lived from the Early Pliocene [1] through the end of the Late Pleistocene. [2]
The southern maned sloth (Bradypus crinitus) is a three-toed sloth species. ... The sloth is endemic to Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a highly biodiverse region.