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  2. Megalonyx - Wikipedia

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    Megalonyx (Greek, "great-claw") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America.It evolved during the Pliocene Epoch and became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene, living from ~5 million to ~13,000 years ago. [3]

  3. Nothrotheriops - Wikipedia

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    Nothrotheriops is a genus of Pleistocene ground sloth found in North America, from what is now central Mexico to the southern United States. [1] This genus of bear-sized xenarthran was related to the much larger, and far more famous Megatherium, although it has recently been placed in a different family, Nothrotheriidae. [2]

  4. Three-toed sloth - Wikipedia

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    Both types of sloth tend to occupy the same forests; in most areas, a particular species of three-toed sloth and a single species of the somewhat larger and generally faster-moving two-toed sloth will jointly predominate. Although similar in overall appearance, the two genera are placed in different families.

  5. Zoo Miami Welcomes Adorable Sloth Bear Cubs to the Family - AOL

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    In the wild, sloth bear cubs stay with their mothers for the first two to three years of their lives. Mama bears carry the cubs on her back (this species of bear is the only one to routinely do ...

  6. Sloth - Wikipedia

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    The brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is the most common of the extant species of sloth, which inhabits the Neotropical realm [1] [9] in the forests of South and Central America. The pale-throated three-toed sloth ( Bradypus tridactylus ) , which inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America.

  7. Man In Brazil Documented Hilariously Adorable Encounter With ...

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    Image credits: @cantorbrunofarkas Antônio Luiz Laghi, a 73-year-old resident of the Ponta Negra neighborhood of Manaus, Brazil was about to go to a doctor’s appointment when he suddenly found ...

  8. Pilosans of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    The mammalian order Pilosa, which includes the sloths and anteaters, includes various species from the Caribbean region. Many species of sloths are known from the Greater Antilles, all of which became extinct over the last millennia, but some sloths and anteaters survive on islands closer to the mainland.

  9. Sloth fever has arrived in the US. Here’s what you ... - AOL

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    The virus infected travelers returning to Florida and New York