{"id":21836,"date":"2022-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=21836"},"modified":"2022-11-21T10:21:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T09:21:30","slug":"new-species-discovery-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/11\/10\/new-species-discovery-3\/","title":{"rendered":"New species discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-standfirst\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-secondary-dark-color\">NEW SPECIES DISCOVERY <\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Southern maned sloth<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"642\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/46d78caa-7f54-47f7-86b9-a6faa4e77380.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-21835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/46d78caa-7f54-47f7-86b9-a6faa4e77380.jpg 642w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/11\/46d78caa-7f54-47f7-86b9-a6faa4e77380-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption>Males have hairier manes than females <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h5 class=\"sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>WHAT IS IT?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The overwhelming majority of new species described are plants, invertebrates, fish or amphibians, but every now and then a mammal appears. Scientists had previously thought there was just one species of maned sloth out there, but a taxonomic review including morphological and DNA analysis, as well as field observations, revealed that there are actually two maned sloths \u2013 northern (Bradypus <em>torquatus) <\/em>and southern (B. <em>crinitus). <\/em><\/p>\n\n<h5 class=\"sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>WHERE IS IT?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Both species are endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with southern maned sloths found in Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo and northern maned sloths in Bahia and Sergipe. <\/p>\n\n<h5 class=\"sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>WHAT IS THE MEANING BEHIND THE SCIENTIFIC NAME? <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The word \u2018crinitus\u2019 in the scientific name <em>Bradypus <\/em><em>crinitus <\/em>comes from the Latin word for hair, so approximates to \u2018hairy\u2019. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Find out more <span style=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SouthernManedSloth\">bit.ly\/SouthernManedSloth<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">PHOTOS: SLOTH: SUELEN SANCHES <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern maned 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