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Descriptor English: Sloths
Descriptor Spanish: Perezosos
Descriptor perezosos
Scope note: Mamíferos exclusivamente arbóreos, de movimientos lentos, que viven en los bosques tropicales de Centroamérica y Suramérica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bichos-Preguiça
Descriptor French: Paresseux (animal)
Entry term(s): Sloth
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.999.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012896
Scope note: Slow-moving exclusively arboreal mammals that inhabit the tropical forests of South and Central America.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under EDENTATA 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under EDENTATA 1975-90
DeCS ID: 13278
Unique ID: D012896
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Sloths - Preferred
Concept UI M0019973
Scope note Slow-moving exclusively arboreal mammals that inhabit the tropical forests of South and Central America.
Preferred term Sloths
Entry term(s) Sloth



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