On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis 5,810 kilometers (3,610 miles) between Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, and Paris, France, in 33 hours, 30 minutes.
They are classified in the order Pilosa because they are related to anteaters, which sport a similar set of specialized claws. Extinct sloth species include many megafaunal ground sloths, some of which attained the size of elephants, as well as a few species of marine sloths. Extant sloths are medium-sized arboreal (tree-dwelling) residents of the jungles of Central and South America.
331 pages on this wiki. Sloths are medium-sized mammals belonging to the Megalonychidae (two-toed sloth) and Bradypodidae (three-toed sloth) families. They are part of the order Pilosa and are therefore related to anteaters, which sport a similar set of specialized claws. They reside in Central and South America.