Recent Publications (1992-2002)

Anderson, R. P. and C. O. Handley.  2001.  A new species of three-toed sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Panama, with a review of the genus Bradypus.  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114(1): 1-33.

Bargo, M. S., S. F. Vizcaíno, F. M. Archuby, and R. E. Blanco.  2000.  Limb bone proportions, strength and digging in some Lujanian (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene) Mylodontid ground sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra).  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 20(3): 601-610.

Bergqvist, L. P., M. Gomide, C. Cartelle and R. Capilla.  1997.  Faunas-locais de mamiferos Pleistocenicos de Itapipoca/Ceara, Taperoa/Paraiba e Campina grande-Paraiba; estudo comparativo, bioestratinomico e paleoambiental.  Revista Universidade Guarulhos Geociencias, 2(6): 23-32.

Cartelle, C.  1992.  Edentata e megamamiferos herivoros extintos da Toca dos Ossos (Ourolândia, Bahia, Brazil).  Tese de Doutorado, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 300pp.

-------- and G. De Iuliis.  1995.  Eremotherium laurillardi: the Panamerican Late Pleistocene megatheriid sloth.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(4): 830-841.

Casinos, A.  1996.  Bipedalism and quadrupedalism in Megatherium: an attempt at biomechanical reconstruction.  Lethaia, 29: 87-96.

Chiarello, A. G.  1998a.  Activity budgets and ranging patterns of the the Atlantic forest maned sloth, Bradypus torquatus.  Journal of Zoology, 246(1): 1-10.

-------- 1998b.  Diet of the Atlantic forest maned sloth, Bradypus torquatus.  Journal of Zoology, 246(1): 11-19.

De Iuliis, G.  1994.  Relationships of the Megatheriinae, Nothrotheriinae, and Planospinae: Some skeletal characteristics and their importance for phylogeny.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 14(4): 577-591.

-------- 1996.  A systematic review of the Megatheriinae (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae).  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 781pp.

-------- and C. Cartelle.  1993.  The medial carpal and metacarpal elements of Eremotherium and  Megatherium (Xenarthra:  Mammalia).  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13: 525-533.

-------- and P. A. St-Andre.  1997.  Eremotherium sefvei nov. sp (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) from the Pleistocene of Ulloma, Bolivia.  Geobios, 30(3): 453.

-------- and C. Cartelle.  1999.  A new giant megatheriine ground sloth from the late Blancan to early Irvingonian of Florida.  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 127(4): 495-515.

De Stefani Munao Diniz, L. and P. M. A. Oliveira.  1999.  Clinical problems of sloths (Bradypus sp. and Choloepus sp.) in captivity.  Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 30(1):  76.

DiGiusto, C. G.  1993.  An ethogram and time budget of Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni.  Master's thesis, State University of New York:  129.

Diveley, D. V. and L. G. Barnes. 1993.  Assemblages of fossil terrestrial vertebrates on Pleistocene Palos Verdes Island, Southern California.  PaleoBios, 14(4, Suppl.): 4.

Dundas, R. G.  1994.  The Fairmead landfill locality; a late Irvingtonian fauna from western Madera County, California.  Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 26(2): 49.

 

Dundas, R. G. and D. L. Blades.  1999.  The Fairmead landfill locality (Pleistocene, Irvingtonian), Madera County.  Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7): 465.

Fariña, R. A., and R. E. Blanco.  1996.  Megatherium, the stabber.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 263: 1725-1729.

Foley, W. J., W. V. Engelhardt, and P. Charles-Dominique.  1995.  The passage of digesta, particle size, and in vitro fermentation rate in the three-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus (Edentata: Bradypodidae).  Journal of Zoology, 236: 681-696.

Galetti, M. and O. de Carvalho.  2000.  Sloths in the diet of a harpy eagle nestling in eastern Amazon.  Wilson Bulletin, 112(4):  535-536.

Gaudin, T. J.  1995.  The ear region of Edentates and the phylogeny of the Tardigrada (Mammalia, Xenarthra).  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(3): 672-705.

Goldschmidt, B., J. C. C. De Almeida, and V. L. De Oliveira.  1995.  Visualization of nucleolar organizer regions in sloths (Bradypus variegatus and Scaeopus torquatus).  Brazilian Journal of Genetics, 18(1): 111

Gillette, D. D., H. G. McDonald, and M. C. Hayden.  1999.  The first record of Jefferson's ground sloth, Megalonyx jeffersoni, in Utah (Pleistocene, Rancholabrean Land Mammal Age).  Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication, 99-1: 509-521.

Gilmore, D. P.  1995.  The three-toed sloth in biomedical research: An update on the reproductive and endocrine systems.  Medical Science Research, 23(9): 579-583.

-------- 2001.  Sloth Biology: An update on their physiological ecology, behavior and role as vectors of arthropods and arboviruses.  Brazillian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 34(1): 9-26.

Greenwood, A., J. Castresana, G. Feldmaier-Fuchs, and S. Pääbo.   2001.  A Molecular Phylogeny of Two Extinct Sloths.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 18(1):  94-103.

Hilton, R. P., D. C. Dailey and H. G. McDonald.  2000.  A late Pleistocene biota from the ARCO Arena site, Sacramento, California.  PaleoBios, 20(1): 7-12.

Hofreiter, M., H. N. Poinar, W. G. Spaulding, K. Bauer, P. S. Martin, G. Possnert, and S. Pääbo.  2000.  A molecular analysis of ground sloth diet through the last glaciation.  Molecular Ecology, 9(12): 1975-1984

Hoss, M., A. Dilling, A. Currant, and S. Pääbo.  1996.  Molecular phylogeny of the extinct ground sloth Mylodon darwinii.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 93: 181-185.

Lundelius, E. L., Jr.  1996.  Pleistocene vertebrates of the Brazos River terraces of north-central Texas.  Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 28(1): 50.

McDaniel, G. E., Jr., G. T. Jefferson and H. G. McDonald.  2001.  A large Paramylodon harlani osteoderm layer from the Irvingtonian of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21(3, Suppl.): 79.

McDonald, H. G.  1992.  Chester's sloths; the ground sloths of Rancho La Brea.  Terra, 31(1): 32-33.

-------- 1993.  Harlan's ground sloth, Glossotherium harlani, from Pauba Mesa, Orange County, California.  San Bernadino County Museum Association Special Publication Ashes, Faults and Basins, 93(1): 101-103.

-------- 1995.  Gravigrade xenarthrans form the middle Pleistocene Leisey Shell Pit 1A, Hillsborough County, Florida.  Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History Biological Sciences, 37 Pt. II(11): 345-373.

-------- 1996.  Biogeography and paleoecology of ground sloths in California, Arizona and Nevada.  San Bernardino County Museum Quarterly, 43: 61-65.

-------- , L. D. Agenbroad and C. A. Manganaro.  1994.  Mylodont sloth in northern Arizona.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 14(3, Suppl.): 37.

-------- and C. de Muizon.  1995.  An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru: another group of mammals returns to water.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(3, supplement): 42.

-------- and -------- 2002.  The cranial anatomy of Thalassocnus (Xenarthra, Mammalia), a derived nothrothere form the Neogene of the Pisco Formation (Peru).  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(2): 349-365.

MacPhee, R. D. E., and M. A. Iturralde-Vincent.  1994.  First Tertiary land mammal from Greater Antilles: An Early Miocene sloth (Xenarthra, Megalonychidae) from Cuba.  American Museum Novitates, 3094:1-13.

--------, J. L. White, and C. A. Woods.  2000.  New megalonychid sloths (Phyllophaga, Xenarthra) from the Quaternay of Hispaniola.  American Museum Novitates, 3303: 1-32.

Miller, W. E. and O. C. Castaneda.  1999.  Early South American immigrants in central Mexico, and times of their appearances.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 19(3, Suppl.): 64.

Morgan, G. S. and S. G. Lucas.  1999.  Pliocene (Blancan) vertebrates from the Albuquerque Basin, north-central New Mexico.  Guidebook - New Mexico Geological Society, 50: 363-370.

da Mota, D. L., J. Yamada, L. L. Gerge, and P. B. N. Pinheiro.  1992.  An immunohistochemical study on the pancreatic endocrine cells of the three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus.  Archives of Histology and Cytology, 55(2): 203-210.

de Muizon, C., and H. G. McDonald.  1995.  An aquatic sloth from the Pliocene of Peru.  Nature, London, 375: 224-227.

Murata, K. and R. Masuda.  1996.  Molecular Biology: Gender determination of the Linne's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) using SRY amplified from hair.  Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 58(12): 1157-1161.

Oren, D. C.  1993.  Did ground sloths survive to recent times in the Amazon Region?  Goeldiana Zoologica, 19: 1-11.

Pajak, A. F., III,  1994.  Proboscideans and xenarthrans from the Temecula Basin, Riverside County, California.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 14(3, Suppl.): 41.

Patterson, B., W. Seagall, and T. J. Gaudin.  1992.  The ear region in xenarthrans (=Edentata, Mammalia).  Part II. Pilosa (sloths, anteaters), palaeanodonts, and a miscelany.  Fieldiana, Geology n.s. 24: 1-79.

Perez, L. M., G. De Iuliis and S. F. Vizcaino.  2000.  El aparato hioideo de los perezosos terrestres (Xenarthra; Tardigrada); morfologia, evolucion y funcion.  Ameghiniana, 37(4, Suppl.): 77.

Pinder, L.  1993.  Body measurements, karyotype, and birth frequencies of maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus).  Mammalia, 57: 43-48.

Richard-Hanssen, C., and E. Taube.  1997.  Note on the reproductive behavior of the three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, in French Guiana.  Mammalia, 61(2): 259-263.

-------- N. Bello, and. J. Vié-Christophe.  1998.  Tool use by a red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) towards a two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus).  Primates, 39(4): 545-548.

Saint-André, P-A., and G. De Iuliis.  2001.  The smallest and most ancient representative of the genus Megatherium Cuvier, 1796 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megatheriidae), from the Pliocene of the Bolivian Altiplano.  Geodiversitas, 23(4): 625-645.

Santos, J. C. R., and G. De Iuliis.  1993.  Nova interpretaçao sistemática de Urumacotherium garciai Bocquentin-Villanueva, 1984, um Edentata-Tardigrada do Huayueriense da Venezuela.  Ameghiniana, 30: 340.

Scillato-Yané, G. J., S. F. Vizcaino, A. A. Carlini, and G. De Iuliis.  1993.  Sistemática y filogenia de los Tardigrada del Mioceno medio de Patagonia II: Megatheroidea.  Ameghiniana, 30: 112-113.

Schmidt, G. D., D. W. Dusznynski, and P. S. Martin.  1992.  Parasites of the extinct shasta ground sloth, Nothrotheriops shastensis, in Rampart Cave, Arizona.  Journal of Parasitology, 78(5): 811-816.

Springer, K. B. and E. Scott.  1994.  First record of late Pleistocene vertebrates from the Domenigoni Valley, Riverside County, California.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 14(3, Suppl.): 47.

Taube, E., J. Keravec, J. Vié, and J. Duplantier.  1999.  Distribution of two sympatric species of sloths (Choloepus didactylus and Bradypus tridactylus) along the Sinnamary River, French Guiana.  Biotropica, 31(4):  686-692.

--------, J. Keravec, J. Vié, and J. Duplantier.  2001.  Reproductive biology and postnatal development in sloths, Bradypus and Choloepus: review with original data from the field (French Guiana) and from captivity.  Mammal Review, 31(3-4):  173-188.

Tury, E., A. C. Messias, K. Belak, and E. J. Gimeno.  2001.  Acute disseminated toxoplasmosis in a captive three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus).  Journal of Comparative Pathology, 125: 228-231.

Van Dijk, M. A. M., E. Paradis, F. Catzeflis, and W. W. De Jong.  1999.  The Virtues of Gaps: Xenarthran (Edentate) Monophyly Supported by a Unique Deletion in alpha A-Crystallin.  Systematic Biology, 48(1): 94.

Vialou, A. V., . Aubry, M. Benabdelhadi, C. Cartelle, L. Figuti, M. Fontugne, M. E. Solari and D. Vialou.  1995.  Decouverte de Mylodontinae dans un habitat prehistorique date du Mato Grosso (Bresil); l'abri rupestre de Santa Elina.  Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes, 320(7): 655-661.

Wallace, C. and Y. C. Oppenheim.  1996.  Hematology and serum chemistry profiles of captive Hoffmann's two-toed sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni).  Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 27(3):  339.

White, J. L.  1993a.  Functional and phylogenetic implications of the postcranial skeleton of fossil sloths for the evolution of arboreality in tree sloths.  Ph.D. dissertation, State University of New York at Stonybrook.  Stoneybook, New York, 835 pp.

-------- 1993b.  Indicators of locomotor habits in Xenarthrans:  Evidence for locomotor heterogeneity among fossil sloths.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 13(2): 230-242.<

-------- 1997.  Locomotor adaptations in Miocene Xenarthrans.  Pp. 246-264 in R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, R. L. Cifelli, and J. J. Flynn (Eds.).  Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics: the Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia.  Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C.

-------- and R. D. E. MacPhee.  2001.  The sloths of the West Indies: a systematic and phylogenetic review.  Pp. 201-235 in C. A. Woods and F. E. Sergile (Eds.).  Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives.

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