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Two-Toed Sloths
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Two-Toed Sloths

Choloepus

Choloepus is a genus of xenarthran mammals of Central and South America within the monotypic family Choloepodidae, consisting of two-toed sloths (also less misleadingly known as "two-fingered" sloths). The two species of Choloepus (which means "lame foot"), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) and Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), were formerly believed on the basis of morphological studies to be the only surviving members of the sloth family Megalonychidae, but have now been shown by molecular results...

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

speciesCholoepus hoffmanni

Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth

speciesCholoepus didactylus

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