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The pygmy three-toed sloth is unique in that it is found exclusively in the red mangroves of Isla Escudo de Veraguas; the island has a small area of approximately 4.3 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi). A 2012 census of pygmy three-toed sloths estimated the total population at 79 – of which 70 occurred on mangroves and 9 in the surroundings.
The following classification is based on the taxonomy described by the reference work Mammal Species of the World (2005), ... Pygmy three-toed sloth. B. pygmaeus
The three-toed or three-fingered sloths are arboreal neotropical mammals. [2] They are the only members of the genus Bradypus (meaning "slow-footed") and the family Bradypodidae. The five living species of three-toed sloths are the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, the southern maned sloth, and the pygmy three-toed ...
The pale- and brown-throated three-toed sloths mate seasonally, while the maned three-toed sloth breeds at any time of the year. The reproduction of pygmy three-toed sloths is currently unknown. Litters are of one newborn only, after six months' gestation for three-toed, and 12 months for two-toed. Newborns stay with their mother for about five ...
Family Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths Pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus; Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus; Pale-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus; Maned three-toed sloth, Bradypus torquatus; Family †Megalonychidae: megalonychid ground sloths; Family †Megatheriidae: megatheriid ground sloths
Pygmy three-toed sloth; S. Sloth moth; ... Three-toed sloth; Two-toed sloth This page was last edited on 18 November 2020, at 06:22 (UTC). Text is available ...
Extant two-toed sloths are more closely related to some extinct ground sloths than to three-toed sloths. Suborder: Folivora. Family: Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths) Genus: Bradypus. Pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus CR; Brown-throated sloth, Bradypus variegatus LC; Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths) Genus: Choloepus
pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus: All pages with titles beginning with Brady: branchia: G βράγχιον (bránkhion) gills: Lamellibranchia (class, syn. Bivalva); Branchiopoda (class, brine shrimps) All pages with titles beginning with Branchi: brasiliensis: L: from Brazil