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Complex body size trends in the evolution of sloths (Xenarthra: Pilosa)
BACKGROUND: Extant sloths present an evolutionary conundrum in that the two living genera are superficially similar (small-bodied, folivorous, arboreal) but diverged from one another approximately 30 million years ago and are phylogenetically separated by a radiation of medium to massive, mainly gro...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4243956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25319928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-014-0184-1 |