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Slouth

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Slouths[1]
Temporal range: Early Oligocene tae Holocene
Broun-throatit slouth
(Bradypus variegatus)
Gatun Loch, Republic o Panama
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Suborder: Folivora
Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope, an Douzery, 2001
Faimilies

Bradypodidae
Megalonychidae
Megatheriidae
Mylodontidae
Nothrotheriidae

Slouths are mammals clessifee'd in the faimilies Megalonychidae (twa-taed slouths) an Bradypodidae (three-taed slouths).

References

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  1. Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)