Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
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Pilosa
Region: Americas.
English: Anteaters and Sloths.
Name comes from the Latin word for "hairy".
Zoology: they feed lightly and for a short time at any one ant nest, allowing the colony to regrow easily; sloths' fur is home to many insects, and algae that helps camouflage the sloths.