Sloth Collection (page 9)

Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth
Jaw bone collected by Charles Darwin when he stepped off the Beagle in Argentina. First officially recorded by Richard Owen, the first Superintendent of the Museum

Lemur skulls from Madagascar
Two skulls show the incredible diversity of lemurs on Madagascar

Megatherium americanum, giant ground sloth

Waterhouse Way, the Natural History Museum
Children in Waterhouse Way looking at the Megatherium, or giant sloth skeleton, Gallery 20, Life Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Bradypus sp. three-toed sloth
A mounted skeleton of a three-toed sloth, an arboreal edentate from South and Central America, having long hook-like claws by which it hangs from tree branches

Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth toenails
13, 000 year old specimens of ground sloth toenails dating from the Pleistocene, Chile

Ground sloth skin
Skin of the extinct ground sloth (Mylodon darwinii). This is a 13, 000 year old specimen from the Pleistocene, Chile

Central America, Latin America, Costa Rica, Golfo Dulce, Cana Blanca Wildlife Sanctuary. Hoffmans Two-Toed Sloth (Chloepus Hoffmani)

Close up of a Brown-throated Sloth and her baby hanging from a tree branch in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

A young Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) nurses its baby while hanging from a tree branch in the jungle of Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Panama, Colon Province, Three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) climbs through dense grass in rainforest along Gatun Lake

Panama, Panama City, Parque Metropolitano, Three-toed Sloth - BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS, from canopy crane that is used by scientists of the Smithsonian to do research in the canopy

Drawing of a fossil of a Megatherium, sent in a letter to Thomas Jefferson by American statesman
MEGATHERIUM, 1789. Drawing of a fossil of a Megatherium, sent in a letter to Thomas Jefferson by American statesman, William Carmichael in 1789

FRANKLIN: WAY TO WEALTH. A condemnation of laziness. Illustration from an early 19th century edition of Benjamin Franklins book of advice, Way to Wealth, originally published in 1758

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: SLOTH. Engraving after a pen drawing, 1557, by Peter Bruegel the Elder. The Flemish verse below the engraving, freely translated reads: Sloth weakens men, until at length

SEVEN DEADLY SINS, 1558. The Latin motto below the picture reads: Envy is a horrid monster, a most ferocious plague. Copper engraving, 1558, by Pieter van der Heyden after a drawing, 1557

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) dead adult, carcass covered with flies, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) adult, climbing branch in rainforest, El Valle, Panama

Megatherium. Artists impression of Megatherium, an extinct species of giant sloth. Megatherium was about the size of an elephant, and inhabited the shrubby savannas of America

1560 Gesner man faced tree sloth
From Conrad Gesners " Icones Animalium" published by Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. This strange animal is derived from an early conquistador spanish image representing a three toed

1871 Richard Owen on megatherium fossil
Richard Owen (20 July 1804- 18 December 1892) 1871 engraving by Frederick Waddy republished 1873 in " Cartoon Portraits and Biographical sketches of Men of the Day"

TWO-TOED SLOTH. The two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus). Lithograph, American, 1904

Animal illustrations
Mammals of arid regions. Lithograph reproduction of 19th-century illustrations

Sloth (Liebig)
Ai, a species of sloth

Slack Day in Office
A slack day in the office

Deadly Sins / Sloth

Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) sitting on a tree, Arenal, La Fortuna, Costa Rica, Central America

3 Toed Sloth Costa Rica
WAT-7354 Three-toed SLOTH Costa Rica Bradypus variegatus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Brown-throated 3 Toed Sloth - male Costa Rica
WAT-4690 Brown-throated 3 Toed Sloth - male Costa Rica Bradypus variegatus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red Uakari / Bald Uacari - with sloth - Lago Preto - Iquitos - Peru
MAR-777 Red Uakari / Bald Uacari - with sloth Lago Preto - Iquitos - Peru Cacajao calvus rubicundus Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Two-toed Sloth - hanging upside down Costa Rica
WAT-4719 Two-toed Sloth - hanging upside down Costa Rica Choloepus hoffmanii Choloepus hoffmanni M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Maned 3-toed Sloth - with young
WAT-267 Maned three-toed SLOTH - And young Bradypus torquatus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth - Hanging from tree. Cahuita National park -Atlantic Ocean - Costa Rica
MAR-5 Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth - Hanging from tree Cahuita National park - Atlantic Ocean - Costa Rica Bradypus variegatus Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display

3-toed Sloth - close-up of claw. Panama
FG-890 3-toed Sloth - close-up of claw. Panama Bradypus infuscatus Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Muybridge -Various Walk
lion, tiger, human, baby, leopard, sloth, monkey - each walking or crawling in its own way

Muybridge - Sloth
sloth: walking Date: 1880s

Megatherium Giant Sloth
The skeleton of a megatherium. Their huge claws meant that they couldn t put their feet flat on the ground and so, like anteaters, had to walk on the sides of their feet

Morals / Virtue & Vice
Virtues and vices: (1) nobility (2) anger and accidie (3) envy

Two-Toed Sloth
(choloepus didactylus) Limes two-toed sloth hasn t got too much to do except hang about wondeering if he d be better off with more toes

Bewick / Sloth
(Bradypus tridactylus) All its motions seem to be the effect of the most painful exertion, which hunger alone is capable of exciting. (We all know how it feels...)

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