Definition of Choloepus

1. Noun. A genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Choloepus

Choanotaenia infundibulum
Chocenyo
Chochenyo
Choco tinamou
Choco tinamous
Choctaw
Choctaw turn
Choctaws
Chod
Chodzko's reflex
Choeronycteris
Choeronycteris mexicana
Cholargos
Cholargus
Cholmondeley
Choloepus (current term)
Choloepus didactylus
Choloepus hoffmanni
Cholon
Chomskian
Chomsky
Chomskyan
Chondrichthyes
Chondrus crispus
Chongjin
Chongqing
Chontales
Chopart
Chopart's amputation
Chopart's joint

Literary usage of Choloepus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Verhandlungen des X. Internationalen medicinischen Congresses v. 1: Berlin (1891)
"In Choloepus, near the anterior end of the pallium, a vertical transverse fissure extends upwards from the rhinal fissure, and turns round the upper margin ..."

2. Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to by William Bateson (1894)
"The occurrence of normal ribs on the 7th in Choloepus and the occasional presence of cervical ribs on the 6th vertebra in this form, even reaching nearly to ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The trapezoid and the os magnum of the carpus are united, while in Choloepus they are perfectly distinct bones. The intestine has no caecum. ..."

4. Studies in Comparative Odontology by Arthur Swayne Underwood (1903)
"... and became gradually divided into vegetable feeders (Sloths) and animal feeders (Ant- eaters). Choloepus, the two-toed Sloth, had the front 6—2 ..."

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