Three-toed sloth crossing a road in Costa Rica Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and …

Dec 5, 2025 · Sloth, tree-dwelling mammal noted for its slowness of movement. All six living species are limited to the lowland tropical forests of South and Central America.

Discover more about the Sloth, the issues and threats they are facing, and what you can do to help.

There are two main species of sloth, identified by whether they have two or three claws on their front feet. The two species are quite similar in appearance, with roundish heads, sad-looking...

May 14, 2025 · The pale-throated three-toed sloth is found in northern parts of South America (typically north of the Amazon River and east of the Andes), while the maned three-toed sloth …

Dec 10, 2023 · The Cryptoses choloepi moth, dubbed the sloth moth, literally only lives in sloth fur, and so do some species of scarab beetles. There’s so much going on that the sloth’s coat …

Discover the slow-moving sloth, its unique adaptations, and WWF’s efforts to protect its tropical forest home.

Oct 26, 2019 · The oldest known sloth in the world was a two-fingered sloth named Jan, who was 54 years old and lived at a zoo in Germany. We suspect that wild sloths actually live for much …

The coat of a sloth is basically like a mini jungle with not just algae but several resident insect species including a moth that only lives on a sloth. They have no natural body odour so they …

Oct 18, 2019 · Can sloth swim? What do they eat? And why are they so slow? Impress your friends and ace your next online quiz with these fun facts about sloths to celebrate …