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Brown-throated three-toed sloth

Order : Xenarthra
Family : Bradypodidae
Species : Bradypus variegatus

The Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) lives in Central and South America in tropical forests. It is most famous for its arboreal lifestyle and its incredible slow movements... When it is on the ground, it is rather helpless, because the brown-throated three-toed sloth is built for a life in the trees, with its curved feet for tree-grabbing and the weakness of its limbs to support its own weight. It can sleep as much as twenty hours a day and reaches a speed of .1 to .3 miles per hour horizontally. They hide from their predators high in the trees, like the jaguar or the leopard. They are vulnerable to deforestation and habitat fragmentation, because of their slow movement and their special diet needs.

Facts about the brown-throated three-toed sloth

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Circadian variation of blood pressure and heart rate in the three-toed sloth, Bradypus Variegatus, is affected by eating.

TNS Google MSN Bradypus variegatus is one of just a handful of extant sloth species. (Full text)

Libra: The three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is a remarkably slow moving, nocturnal and diurnal mammal--much like many college students. (Full text)

Brown-throated three-toed sloth The brown-throated three-toed sloth is less than 2 feet long, weighs 7. (Full text)

Brown-throated Three-Toed Sloth Often known as the laziest animals of Amazonia, the brown-throated three-toed sloth is (Full text)