Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth. The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas. Suborder: Folivora. Family: Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths) Genus: Bradypus. Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus LC; Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths) Genus: Choloepus
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
Sloths move incredibly slowly, traveling around 125 feet through the treetops in one day. When on the ground, they’re even slower and crawl about one foot per minute. If a sloth were to sprint ...
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.