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Galvao De Moura Filho, A. G., Huggins, S. E., & Lines, S. G. (1983). Sleep And Waking In The Three-toed Sloth, Bradypus Tridactylus. Comparative Biochemical Physiology, A, 76(2), 345-355.


Study
Species Name: Bradypus Tridactylus Common Name: Three-toed Sloth
Sex: F Age Class: Immature
Number of Animals: 1 Animals in Mean: 1
Animals Sampled: 1 Age Average: N/A
Lab Conditions
EEG or ECoG Used: Yes Temperature: No
Recording Length: 3 (24 hour recording period) Light Conditions: Normal light/dark conditions
Animal Allowed to Adapt: No Animal Restrained: No
Tested in Wild: No Diet: Normal
Behavioral Sleep Recorded: 1 Lab Condition Score: 10
Sleep data (times in hours, unless otherwise specified)
Daily Sleep Time: 17.023 Daily Sleep Time Adjusted for Drowsiness: 2.3323
Daily REM/Paradoxical Sleep Time: 2.9671 Quiet/Non-REM Sleep Sleep Time: 14.056
Sleep Cycle Length in Minutes: N/A Monophasic or Polyphasic Sleep: Poly