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References

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• Bernhard Grzimek (1990) Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals. McGraw-Hill: New York.
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• Chiarello, A., D. Chivers, C. Bassi, M. Maciel, L. Moreira. 2003. A Translocation Experiment for the Conservation of Maned Sloths, Bradypus torquatus. Biological Conservation, 118: 421-430.
• Dias, B., L. Dias dos Santos, P. Lara-Ruiz. 2008. First observation on mating and reproductive seasonality in maned sloths Bradypus torquatus. Japan Ethological Society and Springer, 27: 97-103.
• Eisenberg, J., K. Redford. 1999. Mammals of the Neotropics. London: The University of Chicago Press.
• Gilmore, D., C. Da Costa, Duarte. 2001. "Sloth biology: an update on their physiological ecology, behavior and role as vectors of arthropods and arboviruses" (On-line). Accessed March 03, 2009 at http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjmbr/v34n1/3877m.pdf.
• Martins, D. 2003. "Morphology of the male reproductive system in three-toed sloth (Bradypus torquatus - Illiger, 1811)" (On-line). Accessed March 03, 2009 at http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v5n1/en/fullpaper?bn02305012005+en03/03/09.
• Moraes-Barros, N., C. Miyaki. 2007. "Identifying management units in non-endangered species: the example of the sloth Bradypus variegatus" (On-line). Accessed March 03, 2009 at http://www.srcosmos.gr/srcosmos/showpub.aspx?aa=10554.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
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• Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204