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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Belize. Of the mammal species in Belize , two are endangered, three are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One species has been classified as extinct.
The mammalian order Pilosa, which includes the sloths and anteaters, includes various species from the Caribbean region. Many species of sloths are known from the Greater Antilles, all of which became extinct over the last millennia, but some sloths and anteaters survive on islands closer to the mainland.
Remains of Caribbean sloths have been found in a number of archaeological sites suggesting that they may have been consumed by the earliest inhabitants of the Caribbean, although evidence of hunting is inconclusive.
Megalocnid sloths were relatively small compared to mainland ground sloths, [11] though they were the largest mammals native to the Caribbean islands [4] with the largest species Megalocnus rodens estimated to weigh around 146 kilograms (322 lb) [11] or 270 kilograms (600 lb), [4] with the smallest genera Neocnus and Acratocnus estimated to only weigh 8–15 kilograms (18–33 lb).
Long ago, there was a dramatic uptick in the pace of sloth evolution. In addition to growing to substantial sizes, fossils suggest some could walk on two legs and others developed foot-long claws.
A unique and diverse albeit phylogenetically restricted mammal fauna [note 1] is known from the Caribbean region. The region—specifically, all islands in the Caribbean Sea (except for small islets close to the continental mainland) and the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Barbados, which are not in the Caribbean Sea but biogeographically belong to the same Caribbean bioregion—has ...
Red: anteater, blue: sloth, purple: both sloth and anteater The order Pilosa / p aɪ ˈ l oʊ s ə / is a clade of xenarthran placental mammals , native to the Americas. It includes anteaters and sloths (which include the extinct ground sloths ).
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