Isotope data from amino acids indicate Darwin’s ground sloth was not an herbivore
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97996-9
Abstract: Fossil sloths are regarded as obligate herbivores for reasons including peculiarities of their craniodental morphology and that all living sloths feed exclusively on plants. We challenge this view based on isotopic analyses of nitrogen of… read more here.
Keywords: ground sloth; isotope data; amino acids; darwin ground ... See more keywords