THE cnorxi) sloth cuorp 



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By courtesy of the .Wtr Yorh Zoological Society 



THE MODERN TREE SLOTH 



This is the noarcst living; relative of tlie ground sloilis 



veffetalioii of llmt pi-iincv ;il iiiic was on a no less y-i^^aiitic scale than llic 

 animal crfation." ' 



Owen vvvy pro])(rly lidic iilcd these fanciful theories. In point of fact, 

 the mere size of tlic animal would render either of these modes of life im- 

 possihle so lonjf as the laws of i)hysics and mechanics hold true. The mode 

 of life which is pi-acticaMe to a mole or a scjuirrel i~- an utlei- |)liysical 



• Translated in Owen 1S12, "l)esrri|>tion of tlie Sl<elet()n ofan l-'-xtincl (lifjaniic Slotli." 



