Pygmy three-toed sloth  (Bradypus pygmaeus)

Species information

Videos and images

Authentication

Reviewed (23/02/2007) by Robert, P. Anderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, City College of New York, and Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History.
http://web.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~anderson/

Glossary

  • Arboreal: living in trees.
  • Folivore: leaf eating.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (December, 2006)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Anderson, R.P. (2007) Pers. comm.
  3. Anderson, R.P. and Handley Jr., C.O. (2001) A new species of three-toed sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Panama, with a review of the genus Bradypus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114 (1): 1 - 33.
  4. IUCN 2006 Red List of Threatened Species: Portraits in Red – Taking a closer look at the species under threat (January, 2007)
    http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/redlist2006/portraits_in_red.htm#sloth
  5. Perezoso Productions: Hanging with the Sloths (January, 2007)
    http://www.perezosoproductions.com/what.htm
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