Folivora (suborder)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class) > Pilosa (order)
Descripción
Members of the suborder containing six living species belonging to two familes (two-toed and three-toed sloths), the living species having in common that they are tree-dwelling mammals noted for slowness of movement and native to the lowland tropical forests of South and Central America.
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Otros términos
- sloths [en]
- sloth [en]
- Phyllophaga [en]
- Phyllophaga [la]