Late Pleistocene sloths were widely distributed and present in a diversity of habitats in
South, Central, and North America and some Caribbean Islands. Late Pleistocene sloths …

The late Pleistocene mammalian fauna of North America included seven genera of ground
sloth, representing four families. This cohort of megaherbivores had an extensive …

Modern sloths are among the more characteristic mammals of South and Central American
faunas. Recent discovery in four Paleogene, 22 Neogene, and dozens of Pleistocene …

Advancements in ancient DNA analyses now permit comparative molecular and
morphological studies of extinct animal dung commonly preserved in caves of semiarid …

Ground sloths in New Mexico first appear in the late Miocene (early Hemphillian) and
survive in the state until the extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) …

The first sloth coprolites were collected at the end of the Nineteenth Century at Cueva de
Milodón in Chile. There are 23 localities in North and South America and the West Indies …

This report is the first to identify the presence of the extinct ground sloth Glossotherium
tropicorum from Pleistocene-aged tar pit deposits in Trinidad. G. tropicorum is known …

Living sloths represent two distinct lineages of small-sized mammals that independently
evolved arboreality from terrestrial ancestors. The six extant species are the survivors of an …

Sloths, like other xenarthrans, are an extremely interesting group of mammals that, after a
long history of evolution and diversification in South America, became established on …

Extinct giant ground sloths are a common taxon in New World Quaternary deposits, but
relatively little is known about individual species' behavior or social structure. In this paper …