Three-Toed Sloth
The Three-Toed Sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, is a slow-moving, nocturnal mammal that spends its entire life hanging upside-down in trees.
Three-toed sloths also have an advantage that few other mammals possess: They have extra neck vertebrae that allows them to turn their heads some 270 degrees.
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Three-toed sloths
The three-toed sloth's lethargic life revolves around sleeping and eating, and most energy is expended descending trees to go to the toilet.
The maned three-toed sloth eats the leaves, buds, and soft twigs of a few forest trees, especially those of the Cecropia. It comes to the ground only to defecate, or to move to another tree if it cannot travel through the branches.
Pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus)
With only a small population confined to a single tiny island off the coast of Panama, the pygmy three-toed sloth is the most endangered of... More 7 Images 3 Videos ...
THREE-TOED SLOTH
The three-toed sloths (Genus Bradypus) are a genus of sloths with three toes.
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Three-toed sloths may have quite small or absent canine-like upper teeth.
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The Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) was named in 2001, after its discovery in the mangrove swamps of Isla Escuda de Veraguas, a tiny island off the western coast of Panama.
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
(Bradypus variegatus)
On our second day in Panama we were on our way between Cerro Azul and Cerro Jefe when we spotted this creature starting to cross the road.
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
The Brown-throated 3-toed Sloth is the most common and widespread of the family being found from Honduras to northern Argentina.
The Two-Toed Sloth, along with its cousins the Hoffman's and Three-Toed Sloths, represents a primitive
and fascinating group of animals. Sloths are nocturnal, arboreal mammals, meaning they are active at night and spend their time in trees.
The South American three-toed sloth uses camouflage and amazing slowness to escape predators. Green algae grows in the sloth's fur, which helps camouflage it in the forest canopy.
The Brazilian three-toed sloth is endangered in its entire range. Exact population numbers are unknown for the Linne's two-toed sloth. Threats to sloths include pesticides, deforestation, and power lines.
The three-toed sloth (Bradypus) is about the size of a house cat, with a dense, furry coat and yellowish face. It has three toes on the front feet and five on the hind feet.
All in the Family: The living sloths belong to one of two families, known as the two-toed (Bradypodidae) and three-toed sloths (Megalonychidae). Both families have three toes: the "two-toed" sloths, however, have only two fingers.
Some examples of this are: Three-toed Sloth which feeds on only 2 species of tree (Cecropia palmata and Spondias lutea); Koala Bears which feed on only a few species of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus punctata, E. microcorys, E. melliodora and E. vastrata); ...
We saw surprisingly few anoles walking along Pipeline Road, a mecca for bird-watchers, though we did see some nice toads and an excellent three-toed sloth.
They have two toes with claws on the front feet—as the name implies (three-toed sloths have three claws on the front and back)—and three on the back feet, which are used to hang upside down from branches.
A more accurate common name would be two or three-fingered sloths because all two-toed sloths have two fingers on the fore-foot and three toes on each hind foot. Three-toed sloths have three fingers on each fore-foot.
50 - 60cm long with a short tail of around 7cm in length. The body temperature of the sloth is usually around 30 to 34 degrees celsius (86 to 93 degrees fahrenheit). There are two main species of sloth, the two-toed sloth and the three-toed sloth.
 See also: Sloth, Two-toed sloth, Anteater, Armadillo, Elephant
  
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