Its coat holds an ecosystem of its own — green algae and symbiotic moths — that gives it extra camouflage.
From Brown-throated Sloth
It feeds mainly on the leaves of trees of the genus Cecropia.
From Brown-throated Sloth
It lives in the canopy of tropical rainforest in Central and South America.
From Brown-throated Sloth
It has one of the slowest metabolisms known in any mammal, and can take almost a month to digest a single leaf.
From Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
Despite the name, two-toed sloths have three toes on their hind feet: the two refers only to the hands, where the three-toed sloths have one more.
From Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
Its coat holds an entire ecosystem, with green algae that camouflage it and moths that live only there and whose life cycle depends on the sloth's weekly visits to the ground.
From Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
It has the lowest and most variable body temperature of any mammal, between 24 and 33°C.
From Southern Two-toed Sloth
Its coat hosts symbiotic algae that give it a greenish cast, hiding it in the canopy.
From Southern Two-toed Sloth

Ecosystems