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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.
The various species of Caribbean sloths are thought to have become extinct following human arrival to the Caribbean during the mid-Holocene around 6,000 years ago based on the timing of the last radiocarbon dates of Caribbean sloths. [14]
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).
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.
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 ).
Long ago, there Unfortunately, the bulk of sloth species that once roamed the earth -- some of which grew to be the size of elephants -- cannot say the same. Sloths were once as large as elephants
Ground sloths varied widely in size from under 100 kilograms (220 lb) in the Caribbean ground sloths, to 3,700–4,100 kilograms (8,200–9,000 lb) in the largest ground sloth genera Megatherium, Lestodon and Eremotherium. [8] [9] The bodies of ground sloths were generally barrel-shaped, with a broad pelvis. [10]
There is a species of pyralid moth (Cryptoses choloepi) that only lives in sloth fur. The moths lay their eggs in the dung of the sloth. The larvae hatch and eat the sloth poop.