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Sloths and Anteaters
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Sloths and Anteaters

Pilosa

The order Pilosa is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas. It includes the anteaters and sloths, including the extinct ground sloths, which became extinct about 10,000 years ago. The name comes from the Latin word for "hairy". Pilosans are good examples of ecological harmony. Anteaters, for example, feed lightly and for a short time at any one ant nest, allowing the colony to regrow easily. Also, sloths' fur is home to...

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2 branches of this order, most-observed first · about 17 known species

Sloths

suborderFolivora

Anteaters

suborderVermilingua

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Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Sloths and Anteaters in History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.57

Sloths and Anteaters in Illustrations and Descriptions of Plants

Illustrations and Descriptions of Plants

Dominicus Chabrae · 1678 · p.576

Sloths and Anteaters in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 12)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 12)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.59

Sloths and Anteaters in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 15)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 15)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.33

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53537.