![]() ![]() ![]() The IUCN lists the pygmy three-toed sloth as critically endangered and they are listed on the world's 100 most threatened species. A 2012 census of pygmy three-toed sloths estimated the total population at 79. The pygmy three-toed sloth is found exclusively in the red mangroves of Isla Escudos de Veraguas, restricted to an area of 4.3 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi). Details of mating behavior and reproduction have not been documented. It is symbiotically associated with green algae, that can provide it with a camouflage. It lives high in the canopy but descends once a week to defecate on the forest floor. It has a body adapted to hang by its limbs the large curved claws help the sloth to keep a strong grip on tree branches. This sloth, like other sloths, is arboreal (tree-living) and feeds on leaves. According to Anderson and Handley Jr., the head-and-body length is between 48 and 53 centimetres (19 and 21 in), and the body mass ranges from 2.5 to 3.5 kg (5.5 to 7.7 lb). The pygmy three-toed sloth is significantly smaller than the other three members of its genus, but otherwise resembles the brown-throated three-toed sloth. Handley Jr., of the Smithsonian Institution in 2001. Anderson of the University of Kansas and Charles O. ![]() The species was first described by Robert P. The species is endemic to Isla Escudo de Veraguas, a small island off the Caribbean coast of Panama. The pygmy three-toed sloth ( Bradypus pygmaeus), also known as the monk sloth or dwarf sloth, is a species of sloth in the family Bradypodidae. ![]()
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