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-{{Taxonomy
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-|name=Sloth
-|image=ThreeToedSloth.jpg
-|caption=
-|superkingdom=
-|kingdom= Animalia
-|subkingdom=
-|superphylum=
-|phylum=Chordata
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-|microphylum=
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-|division=
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-|class=Mammalia
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-|infraclass=
-|superorder=
-|order=Pilosa
-|suborder=Folivora
-|infraorder=
-|superfamily=
-|family=Bradypodidae, Megalonychidae
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-|supertribe=
-|tribe=
-|subtribe=
-|genera=Bradypus<br/>Choloepus
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-|subgenus
-|species=B. pygmaeus<br>B. torquatus<br>B. tridactylus<br/>B. variegatus<br/>C. didactylus<br/>C. hoffmanni
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-'''Sloths''' are several species of [[South America]]n [[mammal]]s of the familys Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae, of which the genera is represented by the living two and three-toed sloths.
-== Habits ==
-Living sloths use their clawed feet to hang upside down from tree branches, where they feed on leaves. The remarkably non-nutritious nature of such a diet may necessitate their habitual [[lethargy]].The two-toed sloth is in fact so inert that [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] [[algae]] commonly grows in its fur, making it the only mammal that appears to be green. This, along with its typical motionlessness, affords it excellent [[camouflage]] in the trees.
-Sloths defecate extremely infrequently (typically once a week). Yet remarkably, instead of just letting go from the treetops, they descend to the ground to use a single favoured sloth lavatory, which over the years may grow to mountainous proportions, exposing themselves to considerable danger in the process.
-== Creationist perspective ==
-[[Creation science|Creation scientists]] believe that the sloth, like all ground-dwelling animals, originated in the [[Middle East]]. After the [[Great Flood]], the species was probably dispersed by [[Rafting (ecology)|rafting]] which enabled it to colonize South America as part of the [[Post-Diluvian Diasporas]].
-==Links==
-*[http://www.xenarthra.org/ Xenarthra.org] about sloths and similar mammals
-[[Category:Mammals]]

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