Choloepus didactylus - #5351
Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth
Female carrying infant on abdomen. Formerly in Megalonychidae.
Geographic Distribution
Guianas and Venezuela (delta and south of Río Orinoco) south into Brazil (Maranhão west along Rio Amazonas/Solimões) and west into upper Amazon Basin of Ecuador and Perú.
Order/Family
Choloepodidae
Genus
Choloepus
Specific Epithet
didactylus
Image Location
Singapore, Mandai, Singapore Zoo
Image Date
15 November 2013
Photographer
KD Rudloff