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Bradypus tridactylus (Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth; Pale-throated Sloth)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) is a species of three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America. It is similar in appearance to, and often confused with, the brown-throated sloth, which has a much wider distribution. Genetic evidence has been interpreted to suggest the two species diverged only around 400,000 years ago, although the most recent evidence indicates the split was closer to 6 million years.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
10
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
35
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 19.75
EDGE Score: 3.03
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  8.316 lbs (3.772 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  179 grams
Female Weight [1]  8.724 lbs (3.957 kg)
Male Weight [1]  7.91 lbs (3.588 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  10.3 %
Diet [3]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  100 %
Forages - Arboreal [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  4 years 6 months
Male Maturity [2]  3 years
Gestation [2]  4 months 21 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  40 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  22 inches (55 cm)
Speed [5]  0.15 MPH (0.067 m/s)
Weaning [2]  38 days
Habitat Substrate [4]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Maracá Ecological Reserve Ia 257554 Roraima, Brazil  
Parque Nacional Canaima National Park II 7542183 Venezuela  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Yasuni Biosphere Reserve 4156313 Ecuador  

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Cecropia polystachya (Trumpet tree)[6]
Hevea nitida var. nitida[4]
Paloue paraensis[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Harpia harpyja (Harpy Eagle)[6]
Leopardus pardalis (Ocelot)[7]
Panthera onca (Jaguar)[6]
Cryptoses choloepi (sloth moth)[6]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Bradypus tridactylus (Pilosa: Bradypodidae), VIRGINIA HAYSSEN, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 839:1–9 (2009)
♦ 5Wikipedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
♦ 6Animals of the Rainforest
♦ 7Leopardus pardalis, Julie L. Murray and Gregory L. Gardner, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 548, pp. 1-10 (1997)
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0