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RECENT OBSERVATIONS UPON THE PLACENTATION OF THE SLOTHS

Nature volume 18, pages 686–687 (1878)Cite this article

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M. JOLY has recently brought before the Academy of 1 o Sciences of Paris the results of a careful examination of the structure of the placenta of the Aï, or Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus, Linn.), and proposes important changes in classification, after comparison of this structure with that of certain allied mammals.1

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GALTON, J. RECENT OBSERVATIONS UPON THE PLACENTATION OF THE SLOTHS . Nature 18, 686–687 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018686a0

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