Bradypus tridactylus


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Noun1.Bradypus tridactylus - a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfootBradypus tridactylus - a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot
tree sloth, sloth - any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
Bradypus, genus Bradypus - type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths
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The animals analyzed were 18 three-toed sloths (Bradypus tridactylus), one two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), one black dwarf porcupine (Coendou nycthemera), six southern tamanduas (Tamandua tetradactyla), 25 red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor), one green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), two green iguanas (Iguana iguana), and two Amazon false fer-de-lances (Xenodon severus).
(1999) utilizaron una metodologia similar a la del presente estudio, encontrando tambien densidades bajas para las especies similares Choloepus didactylus (0.01-0.05 ind./ha) y Bradypus tridactylus (0.02-0.09 ind./ ha).
In January 2014, a dead (accidental death) female 3-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) (Figure, panel A) was found on the road near the residence of a Q fever patient.
1999.--Distribution of Two Sympatric Species of Sloths (Choloepues didactylus and Bradypus tridactylus) along the Sinnamary River, French Guiana.
TABLA II MAMIFEROS REGISTRADOS EN LOS DIFERENTES ECOSISTEMAS EVALUADOS EN CINCO AREAS PILOTO DEL DELTA DEL ORINOCO (PROYECTO VEN/99/G31) Areas Piloto Taxa / Unidad ecologica Gremio AP1 AP2 Br He Bp Marsupialia Didelphidae Didelphis marsupialis (1,2,3) COSA E E * Lutreolina crassicaudata COTE E Marmosa murina (4,5) IOSA Metachirus nudicaudatus IOTE Micoureus demerarae (5,6) IOSA Philander opossum (7) IOSA Xenarthra Bradypodidae Bradypus tridactylus (2) Megalonychidae Choloepus didactylus E Myrmecophagidae Cyclopes didactylus E Myrmecophaga tridactyla E E E Tamandua tetrudactyla E E E Dasypodidae * Dasypus novemcinctus Chiroptera Emballonuridae Cormura brevirostris (8) IABD A * Diclidurus isabellus (9) IZCA 1/A * Diclidurus sp.
The presence of two lobes in the submandibular gland of Zaedyus which display significant histological and histochemical differences, being the posterior lobe predominantly mucous and greater in size than the anterior lobe, was also described for Chaetophractus villosus and vellerosus (Estecondo et al.), Dasypus novemcinctus (Shackleford, 1963), Dasypus hybridus (Codon et al.), Chlamydophorus truncatus, Euphractus sexcinctus and Bradypus tridactylus (Burne).