Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
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The Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth, Bradypus variegatus, is a species of sloth from Central and South America.
It is the most widespread and common species of the group, being found in many different kinds of environments, including evergreen and dry forests and in highly perturbed natural areas.
It is a solitary, nocturnal and diurnal animal, feeding on leaves of many species of trees.
The female of the species is known to emit a loud, shrill scream during the mating season to attract males. It is a cry that sounds like "ay ay". This scream has been remarked to sound exactly like that of a woman screaming.
The sloth has grayish brown to beige color fur and it is very coarse and stiff. A sloth has a round head and on it there are two eyes, a blunt nose, peg-like teeth, and ears that are not visible. The tail of a sloth is very small.
Over parts of its range, the Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth overlaps the range of Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth. Where this overlap occurs, the three-toed sloth tends to be smaller and more numerous than its relative, being more active in moving through the forest and maintaining more diurnal activity.[3]
[edit] Subspecies
There are seven subspecies of this sloth:[1]
- Bradypus variegatus boliviensis, Gray 1871
- Bradypus variegatus brasiliensis, Blainville 1840
- Bradypus variegatus ephippiger, Philippi 1870
- Bradypus variegatus gorgon, Thomas 1827
- Bradypus variegatus infuscatus, Wagler 1831
- Bradypus variegatus trivittatus, Cornalia 1849
- Bradypus variegatus variegatus, Schinz, 1825
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 100-101. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Chiarello & members of the Edentate Specialist Group (2006). Bradypus variegatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- ^ Dickman, Chris (1993). in Macdonald, David: The Encyclopedia of Mammals, 777.
- Louise H. Emmons and Francois Feer, 1997 - Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, A Field Guide.
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