"lame foot" in Ancient Greek), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) and Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), were formerly believed...
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species in two genera – Bradypus (three-toed sloths) and Choloepus (two-toed sloths). Despite this traditional naming, all sloths have three toes on each...
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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...
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three-toed sloths are the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, the southern maned sloth, and the pygmy three-toed sloth. In complete...
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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...
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The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is a species of three-toed sloth found in the Neotropical realm of Central and South America. It is the...
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The pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), occasionally known as the ai (/ˈɑːi/), is a species of three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests...
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The pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus), also known as the monk sloth or dwarf sloth, is a species of sloth in the family Bradypodidae. The species...
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The maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus) is a three-toed sloth that is native to South America. It is one of four species of three-toed sloths belonging to...
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hoffmanni Linnaeus's two-toed sloth or southern two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus Family †Mylodontidae: mylodontid ground sloths Suborder Vermilingua:...
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include: Pale-throated three-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus Brown three-toed sloth Bradypus variegatus Linnaeus's two-toed sloth Choloepus didactylus The...
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1920 (nothrotheriid ground sloths) Superfamily Mylodontoidea Gill 1872 Family Choloepodidae Pocock 1924 (two-toed sloths) Family †Mylodontidae Gill 1872...
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Silky anteater (redirect from Two-toed Anteater)
didactylus translates to "two-toed circle-foot", referencing the two claws present on the forefeet. Additionally, the name alludes to the toes' ability to nearly...
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predators. Some individual three-toed sloths have been recorded carrying more than 120 moths in their fur. Two-toed sloths are recorded as harbouring lower...
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length. The largest living sloths are the Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) and Hoffmann's two-toed sloths (C. hoffmanni), which both can...
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Scelidotheriidae (category Prehistoric sloths)
extinct mylodontoid family, Mylodontidae, as well as to the living two-toed sloth family Choloepodidae. The only other extant family of the suborder Folivora...
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Mylodontidae (redirect from Mylodontid ground sloths)
to another family of extinct ground sloths, Scelidotheriidae, as well as to the extant arboreal two-toed sloths, family Choloepodidae; together these...
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Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths) Genus: Choloepus Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus LC Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni...
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armadillo Hoffmann's two-toed sloth Jaguar Cougar Linnaeus's two-toed sloth Nine-banded armadillo Pale-throated thripee-toed sloth Pygmy marmoset Silky...
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animals from Australia, South America and Africa, like the Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, common brushtail possum and three-striped night monkey. Het Rijk der...
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Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths) Genus: Choloepus Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus LC Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni...
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limbs primary for digging and have vestigial first digits. The arboreal two-toed sloth, a South American mammal in the order Pilosa, have limbs so highly adapted...
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Hamster Hedgehog Hermit crab Hippopotamus Honey badger Hyena Hoffmann's two-toed sloth Iranian jerboa Jaguar (bordering on crepuscular) Kangaroo (most, a few...
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orangutan Two-toed sloth Yellow mongoose Western pygmy marmoset White rhinoceros Woylie Lukas the lion Meerkat at the Zoo Dortmund Two-toed sloth at the...
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Bradypus variegatus LC Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths) Genus: Choloepus Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni LC Suborder: Vermilingua...
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Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus LC Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths) Genus: Choloepus Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus...
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List of pilosans (redirect from List of sloths)
Bradypodidae Genus Bradypus (three-toed sloths): four species Family Choloepodidae Genus Choloepus (two-toed sloths): two species Suborder Vermilingua Family...
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was accounted for by sloths from two species: 39% brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus), and 40% Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)...
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anteater, Cyclopes didactylus (Linn.) and Eimeria choloepi n.sp. from the two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus (Linn.)". Systematic Parasitology. 4 (3): 269–278...
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Megalonychidae (category Prehistoric sloths)
based on morphological comparisons, that Greater Antilles sloths and extant arboreal two-toed sloths were part of this family. However, molecular results based...
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