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    This document provides information about the Linne's Two-toed Sloth, including its range in Central and South America, habitat in tree canopies, herbivorous diet of leaves and fruit, lifespan of 10-12 years in the wild and up to 30 years in captivity, physical description with furry gray-brown body and long limbs with two claws each, breeding with one offspring born after a 6 month gestation, and behavior of spending its life in trees except to defecate once a week.

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    Linne’s Two-toed Sloth

    Choloepus didactylus

    Range: Central America and Northern South America,


    including some portions of Brazil and Peru

    Habitat: Sloths are arboreal and spend their entire lives


    in trees in the canopy of tropical forests

    Diet: Primarily herbivore: leaves, flowers, and fruit

    Lifespan: In the wild: 10-12 years, in captivity: up to early 30’s

    Description: Body of the sloth is about 30 inches in length and covered with a grayish-brown fur
    that has little grooves to collect algae, which gives the sloth a green tint in color. The four long limbs
    are the same length and each end in two curved claws. Sloths have a very short neck and flat head.
    Sloths have large eyes, and a very stubby nose. The sloth’s teeth are molars that are constantly worn
    down by chewing. To compensate for a lack of sharp teeth, the sloth has hardened lips that help to
    clip leaves and flowers from trees.

    Breeding: Breeding is believed to occur at any point in the year. After a gestation period of about 6
    months, the female sloth gives birth to one offspring a year. The baby is about 10 inches long and
    clings to its mother for 5 weeks until it can move around on its own.

    Behavior/Adaptations: Sloths spend almost their entire lives in the trees. They mate, eat, sleep,
    and give birth while hanging in the trees. They only descend to the forest floor when they need to
    find another food source or to defecate which they only do about once a week. Sloths have a very
    slow metabolism, so food stays in the digestive track for up to a month. Despite being awkward on
    land, sloths are very good swimmers. Sloths are extremely slow and usually only climb at a rate of
    about 6 feet per minute. Because of there speed, their best defense is camouflage. They spend most
    of their day curled up in the tree tops sleeping, and wake for a few hours at night to forage for food.

    Predators: Ocelot, Anaconda, Raptors, Caiman, Humans

    Conservation: They are listed as a species of least concern with an unknown population trend by
    the IUCN.

    Interesting Facts:
     There are 6 different species of sloths, two of which are two-toed and the others are three-
    toed.
     Two-toed sloths have the lowest body temperatures among mammals with the greatest
    fluctuation…they could range between 86-93 degree Fahrenheit!

    Information taken from the following sources:


    http://www.eol.org/pages/328521
    http://www.mnzoo.com/animals/animals_sloth.asp
    http://mnzoo.org/blog/animals/linnes-two-toed-sloth/
    https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4777/47439542

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