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Family: Megalonychidae
This family contains 2 species placed in a single genus, Choloepus. Two-toed sloths are found in Central America, throughout northern South America and in the Amazon basin. [eng] |
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Preguiça-real (Choloepus hoffmanni)
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Hoffman's Two-toed Sloth - Choloepus hoffmani
Sloths are slow moving, both in trees and on the gound. They are largely arboreal and hang upside down in trees. Essentially all normal activity from eating, sleeping, mating to giving birth occurs hanging. [eng] |
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Xenarthra Megalonychidae Choloepus
World Distribution Table. [eng] |
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Choloepus
References. [eng] |
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