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Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus didactylus

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

Choloepus is a genus of mammals of Central and South America, within the family Megalonychidae consisting of two-toed sloths.

As the name implies, they have only two toes on their fore feet, although, like other sloths, they have three toes on the hind feet.
Two-toed sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down from trees. They cannot walk, so they pull hand-over-hand to move around, which is at an extremely slow rate.

Although similar to the somewhat smaller and generally slower-moving three-toed sloths (Bradypus), the relationship between the two genera is not close.

Habitat:

Seen in a tree in the forest at La Selva Biological Research Station.

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PublishedSeptember 30, 2013

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