Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . am the number of guns has ceased to be dis-tinctive. Under the new classification of the navy,which made in 18S8, the term sloop-of-war hasbeen modilied, many modern vessels which formerlywould have been designated as sloops being nowknown as thini-class cruisers. The few sloopsof-war still found on the Kav// List .are all more orless obsohte, and it is doulitful if any more willbe built, Sloth. These animals, which are refeiatde totwo genera (C/fo/d/i^.s- and Bntdjiptis), form a dis-tinct family of the order Edentata. Their
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . am the number of guns has ceased to be dis-tinctive. Under the new classification of the navy,which made in 18S8, the term sloop-of-war hasbeen modilied, many modern vessels which formerlywould have been designated as sloops being nowknown as thini-class cruisers. The few sloopsof-war still found on the Kav// List .are all more orless obsohte, and it is doulitful if any more willbe built, Sloth. These animals, which are refeiatde totwo genera (C/fo/d/i^.s- and Bntdjiptis), form a dis-tinct family of the order Edentata. Their nearestallies .are the ;lillos .and ant-eaters of .Southand Central America, to which countries the slothsalso are restricted. They are exclusively arborealanimals and entirely vegetable feeders. In theforests which they inhabit it is quite unnecessaryfor them to descend to the ground in order to reachanother tree, as the interlocking of the an It been asserted thatwhen a sloth is absolutely compelled to walk upon. l6 ?: ). the ground it accjuits itself more creditably thanmight have been expected from an .animal so conspicuously litted for a purely arboreal life ; thoughsome authorities allege that, it is i|uit< incapableof progression upon the ground. The form ol theanimal is bulky .and awkward; the lingers ;ind long, and furnisliud with long curved claws,which enable it to obtain and keep a lirni holdupon the along which it crawls with thebody hanging down. The two genera C/wlapiisand are known respectivcdv as the two-toed and three-toed sloths, from the number upon the forefeet. Neither genus has anyincisor teeth; they have caniiK-s and molars w ithIhit crowns, suitable for crushing hair of the sloth is course and shaggy, and frequently of a dirty green colour : this colour islost in captivity. It has been shown by Mr Sorbyto be due not to any colouring subs
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