Study Shakes up Sloth Family Tree (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Study Shakes up Sloth Family Tree

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New studies rearrange the sloth family tree, which includes the two existing sloths (center and right in the tree) as well as extinct giant ground sloths (bottom).

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Illustration by Jorge Blanco

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