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Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth

Bradypus variegatus

Photo by Chris Carille
Published on Project Noah
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Species ID Suggestions

Three-toed sloth. (Three-fingered Sloth)

Bradypus variegatus

Three-toed sloth (Three-fingered Sloth)

Bradypus variegatus

Comments (2)

You're completely correct. I'm in another world sometimes...haha...I had seen 11 three-toed sloths and only one two-toed sloth, but obviously confused what I had seen. Thanks for the correction!
This species is the Three-toed sloth. In your second picture you can see the three claws,. All sloth have 3 toeds, The diferences you can see in the fingers this one have 3 fingers the Choloepus hoffmanni have 2 fingers, Yoa can also see difernces in the face, and tha back of the individual, the one in your picture is a male.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2011

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