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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-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), occasionally known as the ai (/ ˈ ɑː i /), [4] is a species of three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America. It is similar in appearance to, and often confused with, the brown-throated sloth, which has a much wider distribution. Genetic evidence has been ...
The pygmy three-toed sloth is significantly smaller than the other members of its genus, but otherwise resembles the brown-throated sloth. According to Anderson and Handley Jr., the head-and-body length is between 48 and 53 centimetres (19 and 21 in), and the body mass ranges from 2.5 to 3.5 kg (5.5 to 7.7 lb).
Pilosa species of different families; from top-left, clockwise: silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) Pilosa is an order of placental mammals. Members of this order are called pilosans, and include anteaters and ...
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
The brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is the most common of the extant species of sloth, which inhabits the Neotropical realm [1] [9] in the forests of South and Central America. The pale-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), which inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America. It is similar in ...
Pale-throated three-toed sloth. The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas. Suborder: Folivora. Family: Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths) Genus: Bradypus. Pale-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus LC; Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths) Genus: Choloepus
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