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===Phylogeny=== The following sloth family phylogenetic tree is based on collagen and mitochondrial DNA sequence data (see Fig. 4 of Presslee ''et al.''., 2019).<ref name="Presslee2019">{{cite journal |last1= Presslee |first1=S. |last2= Slater |first2=G.J. |last3= Pujos |first3=F. |last4=Forasiepi |first4=A.M. |last5=Fischer |first5=R. |last6=Molloy |first6=K. |last7=Mackie |first7=M. |last8=Olsen |first8=J.V. |last9= Kramarz |first9=A. |last10=Taglioretti |first10=M. |last11=Scaglia |first11=F. |last12=Lezcano |first12=M. |last13=Lanata |first13=J.L. |last14= Southon |first14= J. |last15= Feranec |first15= R. |last16= Bloch |first16= J. |last17= Hajduk |first17= A. |last18= Martin |first18=F.M. |last19= Gismondi |first19=R.S. |last20= Reguero |first20=M. |last21=de Muizon |first21= C. |last22= Greenwood |first22= A. |last23= Chait |first23=B.T. |last24= Penkman |first24= K. |author24-link= Kirsty Penkman |last25= Collins |first25= M. |last26= MacPhee |first26= R.D.E. |display-authors=6 |title= Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships |journal=Nature Ecology & Evolution |volume= 3 |issue= 7 |pages= 1121β1130 |year= 2019 |doi= 10.1038/s41559-019-0909-z |pmid= 31171860 |bibcode=2019NatEE...3.1121P |s2cid= 174813630 |url= http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/147061/1/5426_3_merged_1554730549.pdf}}</ref> {{clade | style = font-size: 100%;line-height:100% | label1 =[[Folivora]] |1={{clade |label1={{extinct}} [[Megalocnidae]] |sublabel1={{small|(Caribbean sloths)}} |1={{clade |1={{extinct}} ''[[Neocnus|Neocnus dousman]]'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{extinct}} ''[[Parocnus|Parocnus serus]]'' |2={{extinct}} ''[[Neocnus|Neocnus comes]]'' }} |2={{extinct}} ''[[Acratocnus|Acratocnus ye]]'' }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |label1=Megatherioidea <!-- |grouplabelstyle1=vertical-align:left; |grouplabel1={{clade label|'''Megatherioidea'''|color=red|width=8em}} |bar1=red --> |1={{clade |1={{clade |label1 ={{extinct}} [[Nothrotheriidae]] |1={{extinct}} ''[[Nothrotheriops shastensis]]'' |label2 ={{extinct}} [[Megatheriidae]] |2={{extinct}} ''[[Megatherium americanum]]'' }} |2={{clade |label1 ={{extinct}} [[Megalonychidae]] |1={{extinct}} ''[[Megalonyx jeffersoni]]'' |label2 =[[Bradypodidae]] |sublabel2 = {{small| (three-fingered sloths) }} |2=[[Bradypodidae|5 living spp.]] }} }} |label2=Mylodontoidea <!-- |grouplabel2={{clade label|'''Mylodontoidea'''|color=green|width=7.5em}} |bar2=green --> |2={{clade |1={{clade |label1 ={{extinct}} [[Scelidotheriidae]] |1={{clade |1={{extinct}} ''[[Scelidotherium]]'' sp. |2={{extinct}} ''[[Scelidodon]]'' sp. }} }} |2={{clade |label1 =[[Choloepodidae]] |sublabel1={{small| (two-fingered sloths) }} |1=[[Choloepodidae|2 living spp.]] |label2 ={{extinct}} [[Mylodontidae]] |2={{clade |1={{extinct}} ''[[Lestodon armatus]]'' |2={{clade |1={{extinct}} ''[[Paramylodon harlani]]'' |2={{clade |1={{extinct}} ''[[Mylodon darwinii]]'' |2={{extinct}} ''[[Glossotherium|Glossotherium robustus]]'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}
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