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Brown-throated three-toed sloths are highly camouflaged and slow-moving, both of which help decrease risk of predation via decreased visibility. Major predators of this species include spectacled owls , harpy eagles and a variety of felid species.
Aug 29, 2023 · The brown-throated sloth is a species of three-toed sloth found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. Along with the other three-toed sloths, it belongs to the genus Bradypus and the family Bradypodidae.
A brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) photographed at PanAmerican Conservation Association in Gamboa, Panama
This sloth has a head-body length of 52–54 cm and a small, vestigial tail of around 5 cm. It weighs around 3.7–6 kg. The forelimbs are long (37–45 cm), and the hindlimbs relatively short (32–37 cm).
The Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is the most common of the four species of three-toed sloth. It is native to rainforest canopies of Central and South America. The slowest mammal in the world, the Brown-throated three-toed sloth is an unusual animal. The word 'sloth' means slow.
The Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth lives in many Central and South American countries including WLT project areas in Brazil and Ecuador. The species was originally also native in Argentina, but is now extinct in this country, with a last sighting there in 1916.
Bradypus variegatus (the brown-throated three-toed sloth), is 1 of 4 extant three-toed sloths. A high-canopy folivore, B. variegatus is distributed over southern Central America and northern and central South America and is listed as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources because of its wide ...
