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Costa Rica: Yigüirro (national bird) Turdus grayi [18] White-tailed deer (national animal) Odocoileus virginianus [18] West Indian manatee (national aquatic animal) Trichechus manatus [18] Two-toed sloth (national animal) Choloepus hoffmanni [19] Three-toed sloth (national animal) Bradypus variegatus [19] Cuba: Cuban trogon (national bird ...
The Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica (Spanish: Santuario de Perezosos de Costa Rica) is a privately owned animal rescue center located near the city of Cahuita. The Sanctuary is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, research, and release of injured or orphaned sloths. [1] Tours of the Sanctuary are offered to the public.
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Costa Rica. ... Hoffmann's two-toed sloth. ... Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005.
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Sloths are victims of animal trafficking where they are sold as pets. However, they generally make very poor pets, as they have such a specialized ecology. [64] The Sloth Institute Costa Rica is known for caring, rehabilitating and releasing sloths back into the wild. [65] Also in Costa Rica, the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary cares for sloths
The animals that are received by the sanctuary include a variety of monkeys, anteaters, exotic birds, sloths, and wildcats. [2] Once the animals are fully rehabilitated, [ 3 ] they are reintroduced into their natural habitats in protected areas within Costa Rica, including the Corcovado National Park . [ 4 ]
The Sloth Institute Costa Rica is a small, not-for-profit organization based in Manuel Antonio, close to Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica, dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of sloths. It often takes in orphaned or injured sloths, which require care.
The Sloth Conservation Foundation (SloCo) is a non-profit organisation based in Costa Rica that is dedicated to the protection of sloths living in wild and human-modified habitats through research, education and community-based conservation. [1] [2] [3] SloCo was founded in 2017 by sloth researcher Dr. Rebecca Cliffe. [4] [5]