Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
| Southern Two-toed Sloth | |
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| Choloepus Sloth | |
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| Species: | C. didactylus
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| Choloepus didactylus Linnaeus, 1758
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Southern Two-toed Sloth, Choloepus didactylus, is a species of Sloth from South America. It is a solitary nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature, disturbed and secondary rainforests.
References
- Louise H. Emmons and Francois Feer, 1997 - Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide.