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  2. Pale-throated sloth - Wikipedia

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    The pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), occasionally known as the ai (/ ˈ ɑː i /), [4] is a species of three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America. It is similar in appearance to, and often confused with, the brown-throated sloth , which has a much wider distribution.

  3. Brown-throated sloth - Wikipedia

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    The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) ... The closest living relative of the species is the pale-throated sloth, which has a very similar appearance, ...

  4. Three-toed sloth - Wikipedia

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    Pygmy three-toed sloth: Isla Escudo de Veraguas (Panama) B. torquatus: Maned sloth: Atlantic coastal rainforest of southeastern Brazil B. tridactylus: Pale-throated sloth: Part of northern South America, including Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, eastern Venezuela and Brazil north of the Amazon River B. variegatus: Brown-throated sloth

  5. The Tragic Loss That Led to a Movement - AOL

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    Costa Rica is home to the brown-throated three-fingered sloth and Hoffmann’s two-fingered sloth, and though they share a slow pace, their diets, behaviors, and adaptations differ.

  6. Sloth - Wikipedia

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    The brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is the most common of the extant species of sloth, which inhabits the Neotropical realm [1] [9] in the forests of South and Central America. The pale-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), which inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America. It is similar in ...

  7. The Incredible Reason Sloths Grow Algae on Their Fur - AOL

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    The more moths that make the sloth fur their home, the more the algae can grow, and the greener the sloth fur becomes. The sloth has a perfect disguise, and the algae and the moths have a perfect ...

  8. Xenarthra - Wikipedia

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    Pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus; Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus; Pale-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus; Maned three-toed sloth, Bradypus torquatus; Family †Megalonychidae: megalonychid ground sloths; Family †Megatheriidae: megatheriid ground sloths

  9. List of pilosans - Wikipedia

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    Pilosa species of different families; from top-left, clockwise: silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) Pilosa is an order of placental mammals. Members of this order are called pilosans, and include anteaters and ...