Sloth metabolism may make survival untenable under climate change scenarios

RN Cliffe, HE Ewart, DM Scantlebury, S Kennedy… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Although climate change is predicted to have a substantial effect on the energetic
requirements of organisms, the longer-term implications are often unclear. Sloths are limited …

Metabolic skinflint or spendthrift? Insights into ground sloth integument and thermophysiology revealed by biophysical modeling and clumped isotope …

MD Deak, WP Porter, PD Mathewson… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2025 - Springer
Remains of megatheres have been known since the 18th-century and were among the first
megafaunal vertebrates to be studied. While several examples of preserved integument …

Negative relationship between body mass and home range size in three-toed sloths of the Amazon rainforest

LV Vidal, D Muramatsu, A Sawada… - Studies on Neotropical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The spatial use of habitat is key to understanding the ecology of animals and their area
requirements. In the current study, the locations of 11 wild pale-throated three-toed sloths …

[HTML][HTML] Epididymal sperm characteristics in Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825)

GOA Pinto, JHAN e Silva, GI de Souza Couto… - Theriogenology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus) are mammals belonging to the superorder
Xenarthra and are commonly found in the tropical forests of Latin America. Few studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Sand consumption by Hoffmanns two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) at Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica Consumo de arena por el perezoso de dos …

A Durán-Apuy, JM Mora - mastozoologiamexicana.com
Mineral licking has been reported in most herbivorous mammal taxa; however, the
frequency of mineral lick use by Pilosa at ground level in the wild is rare. Hoffmann's two …