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Is a sloth from the bear family?

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No, they are not. Sloths are actually part of the 'claw' familiy, which would include armodillos and ant-eaters. From my knowledge, the whole group is rather distinct and diverged pretty early from other mammals. read more

The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), also known as the labiated bear, is an insectivorous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. The sloth bear evolved from ancestral brown bears during the Pleistocene and shares features found in insect-eating mammals through convergent evolution. read more

Females normally bear one baby every year, but sometimes sloths' low level of movement actually keeps females from finding males for longer than one year. Sloths are not particularly sexually dimorphic and several zoos have received sloths of the wrong sex. read more

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