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Sloth

Educational resources on Sloth


Links from educational and academic institutions for Sloth:

Three-Toed Sloth: Three-Toed Sloth. Slow Takes ... link. December 14, 2004. "Twelve Thousand Screaming Geophysicists", and One Sloth, in San Francisco. I ...
http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/weblog/ 1

Brown Throated three-toed sloth: Brown-throated Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus). ... This additional color may act as camouflage protecting the sloth from the sight of predators below. ...
http://bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/courses/fall99projects/sloth.htm 2

Giant Sloth: The Megatherium Club. Giant Sloth. [Giant Sloth] Giant ground sloths like the one favored by a group of 19th-century Smithsonian scientists ...
http://www.150.si.edu/chap3/3sloth.htm 3

Animals of the Rainforest-Sloth: Sloth. Sloths are extremely slow-moving mammals found in the rainforest canopies of Central and South America. There are two species ...
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/slothpage.html 4

Giant Ice Age Sloth: The Giant Ice Age Sloth, Megalonyx jeffersoni, the famed "Giant Claw" discovered by Thomas Jefferson, stood almost ten feet tall and weighed 2-3 tons, as much ...
http://www.uiowa.edu/~nathist/Site/exhibit%20pictures/iceageslothpicture.html 5

North American Ground Sloth: North American Ground Sloth. Prehistoric sloth gets new home at University Press release, University of Georgia, April 12, 1973. Athens, Ga. ...
http://www.libs.uga.edu/science/sloth.html 6

Earlham-Biology226-Maned Sloth: ..."where's waldo ?" photo courtesy of http://www.sloth.4t.com/pictures.html. Sloth game and quiz. ... Maned Sloth (Bradypus torquatus). Introduction to the maned sloth ...
http://www.earlham.edu/~debutka/supersloth.htm 7

Martin S. Sloth: Martin S. Sloth. The Cosmology Group Department of Physics, University of California, Davis. Coordinates and list of publications: Spires. ...
http://bubba.physics.ucdavis.edu/~sloth/ 8

Sloth: Giant Sloth Display. The giant ground sloth, Megalonyx jeffersoni, roamed the plains of western Kansas over 10,000 years ago. This ...
http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/museum/sloth.htm 9



Links from organizations for Sloth:



Sloth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Sloth. ... Sloths. A sloth, as depicted in the 1851 Illustrated London Reading Book A sloth, as depicted in the 1851 Illustrated London Reading Book. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth 1

Sloth: HOFFMAN'S SLOTH. Scientific name: Choloepus hoffmani. Range: from Nicaragua to Peru and Central Brazil. ... The individual hairs of the sloth's fur are grooved. ...
http://www.sazoo-aq.org/02meet/02sublinks/sloth.html 2

Sloth World: Online bibliography of sloth research articles. Also includes a discussion of sloths and the people
http://www.sloth-world.org/ 3

What is a Sloth?: What is a Sloth? ... The defecation usually takes place at the base of tree where the sloth excavates a spot for it with its short, stubby tail. ...
http://www.sloth-world.org/SlothFAQ.html 4

SlothMud III ::: ...previous 5(cleric, mage, warrior, thief, avatar), forging, brews, in-game quests, multi-classing, multiple continents, and much, much more, Sloth III offers ...
http://www.slothmud.org/ 5

Slothie! The Sloth Fanlisting: Hi, and welcome to the approved fanlisting for sloths! Isn't slothie cute? Listed @. thefanlistings.org. hearts. vanilla pages. glitter. Affiliates: Want to? ...
http://slothie.freakishly.org/ 6

The Bear Den--Sloth Bear: SLOTH BEAR. ... Description: The sloth bear is a medium size bear weighing between 175 and 310 pounds with a body length of between 60 and 75 inches. ...
http://www.bearden.org/slobear.html 7

Sloth - The Mammal.: Sloth - The Mammal. Sloth Animal Web Information Click here for complete Animal Web Information. ... The Maned Sloth (Bradypus torquatus) is considered endangered. ...
http://www.xenarthra.org/SlothMammal.html 8

Animal Info - Maned Three-toed Sloth: Animal Info - Maned Three-toed Sloth. (Other Names: Ai-Igapo, Ai-Pixuna, Brazilian Three-toed Sloth, Maned Sloth, PreguiƧa-de-Coleira, PreguiƧa-Preta). ...
http://www.animalinfo.org/species/bradtorq.htm 9



Links from government agencies for Sloth:

www-ed.fnal.gov/linc/spring96/projects_linc2/rainforest/rainforestwalk.html: Similar pages USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: ground sloth... Search InfoBank. USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: ground sloth, Skip navigational links. Dictionaries: Topics Keywords Data Dictionary Metadata Dictionary. ...
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/linc/spring96/projects_linc2/rainforest/rainforestwalk.html 1

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument: Megalonyx: ...at the Smithsonian in charge of the last excavations at the Horse Quarry in 1934, wrote a scientific paper describing the fossil sloth material from Hagerman. ...
http://www.nps.gov/hafo/crittercorner/sloth.htm 3

Phalangeal curvature and positional behavior in extinct sloth ...: 11998 12001. Evolution Phalangeal curvature and positional behavior in extinct sloth lemurs (Primates, Palaeopropithecidae). William L ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=23681&rendertype=abstract 4

Molecular Phylogeny of the Extinct Ground Sloth Mylodon darwinii: Molecular Phylogeny of the Extinct Ground Sloth Mylodon darwinii. M Hoss, A Dilling, A Currant, and S Paabo. Institute of Zoology, University of Munich, Germany ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=40202&rendertype=abstract 5

The San Bernardino County Museum: Giant Ground Sloth at County Museum. Visitors to the San Bernardino County Museum are now greeted by the skeleton of a giant ground sloth in the entrance foyer. ...
http://www.sbcounty.gov/museum/exhibits/ground.htm 6

famous sloth of Plaza: Last updated Monday, April 19, 2004. SALLJEX Photo Album 9. The famous sloth of Plaza 24 de septiembre sleeping high in a tree. Note ...
http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/salljex/photos/album9/103.htm 7

Molecular coproscopy: dung and diet of the extinct ground sloth ...: Science. 1998 Jul 17;281(5375):402-6. Molecular coproscopy: dung and diet of the extinct ground sloth Nothrotheriops shastensis. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9665881&dopt=Abstract 9





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