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Hoffmann's two-toed sloth climbing in a cage at Ueno Zoo (video) 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 is a solitary, largely nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature and secondary rainforests and deciduous forests.
The two species of Choloepus (which means "lame foot" in Ancient Greek [5]), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) and Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), were formerly believed on the basis of morphological studies to be the only surviving members of the sloth family Megalonychidae, [6] but have now been shown by ...
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) which inhabits tropical forests. It has two separate ranges, split by the Andes . One population is found from eastern Honduras [ 11 ] in the north to western Ecuador in the south, and the other in eastern Peru, western Brazil, and northern Bolivia .
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth. Family: Bradypodidae. Genus: Bradypus. Maned sloth, Bradypus torquatus VU; Pale-throated sloth, Bradypus tridactylus LC; Brown-throated sloth, Bradypus variegatus LC; Family: Choloepodidae. Genus: Choloepus. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus LC; Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni LC; Silky ...
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Genus Choloepus – Illiger, 1811 – two species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Hoffmann's two-toed sloth. C. hoffmanni Peters, 1858
Modern sloths are divided into two families based on the number of toes on their front feet, Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth and Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) belong to the family Choloepodidae, which included extinct ground sloths. [7]
Original – Hoffmann's two-toed sloth at La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica. Reason Good quality and high EV. Added now to Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, but stable as the lead image in the article Xenarthra. Articles in which this image appears Xenarthra, Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Great American Interchange FP category for this image