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Hoffmann's two-toed sloth climbing in a cage at Ueno Zoo (video) The Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), also known as the northern two-toed sloth, is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is a solitary, largely nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature and secondary rainforests and deciduous forests.
The two species of Choloepus (which means "lame foot" in Ancient Greek [5]), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) and Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), were formerly believed on the basis of morphological studies to be the only surviving members of the sloth family Megalonychidae, [6] but have now been shown by ...
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Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River.
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A zoo in Massachusetts recently welcomed a small furry creature: a newborn baby sloth. The animal, a Linne’s two-toed sloth, was born on March 3 and appears healthy and strong, according to a ...
Vivien turned 3 years old and zoo staff celebrated with a two-tier cake only a sloth could love. Two-toed sloth celebrates her birthday with a socially-distanced party [Video] Skip to main content
The order Pilosa consists of twelve extant species in two suborders: Folivora, the sloths, and Vermilingua, the anteaters.Folivora contains two families: Bradypodidae, containing four species in one genus; and Choloepodidae, containing two species in one genus.