Bradypodidae
Author
Russell A. Mittermeier
Author
Don E. Wilson
text
2018
2018-07-31
Lynx Edicions
Barcelona
Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos
118
132
book chapter
67065
10.5281/zenodo.6621602
3eea8a84-43c9-4bf5-98a7-6e73b7a6cdaa
978-84-16728-08-4
6621602
Family
BRADYPODIDAE
(THREE-TOED SLOTHS)
• Medium-sized arboreal folivores with long limbs, three long Class on forelimbs and hindlimbs, short vestigial tails, and foregutfermenting digestive systems.
• 55-85 cm.
• Neotropical Region.
• Low-elevation tropical forests.
• 1 genus, 4 species, 4 taxa.
• | species Critically Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.