Is a sloth a primate?

He can only be describing the three-toed sloth (Bradypus spp., which was once also called Arctopithecus). Gesner confidently classified sloths with the primates, though they're actually related to anteaters. In the text is a rather sad story told to Gesner by Andreas Theuetus, a French naturalist.Jul 21, 2014 read more

Sloth is not a primate nor a rodent. According to Britannica, sloths are grouped with anteaters in the order Pilosa, which, together with the armadillos, constitutes the magnorder Xenarthra. The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. read more

But they still nevertheless resemble primates in some ways, and I am wondering if sloths are closely related to primates, sharing a common ancestor some time during the paleocene, or if the similarities between primates and sloths are largely due to convergence, since both inhabit (typically) an arboreal niche. read more