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Bradypus variegatus (Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth; Brown-throated Sloth)

Synonyms: Arctopithecus castaneiceps; Arctopithecus griseus; Bradypus griseus

Wikipedia Abstract

The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is a species of three-toed sloth found in the neotropical ecozone. It is the most common of the four species of three-toed sloth, and is found in the forests of South and Central America.
View Wikipedia Record: Bradypus variegatus

Infraspecies

Bradypus variegatus boliviensis (Brown-throated sloth)
Bradypus variegatus brasiliensis
Bradypus variegatus ephippiger
Bradypus variegatus gorgon
Bradypus variegatus infuscatus (Brown-throated sloth)
Bradypus variegatus trivittatus
Bradypus variegatus variegatus (Brown-throated sloth)

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]  8.785 lbs (3.985 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  281 grams
Female Weight [3]  7.011 lbs (3.18 kg)
Male Weight [3]  6.129 lbs (2.78 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [3]  14.4 %
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  3 years 1 month
Gestation [1]  5 months 21 days
Litter Size [3]  1
Litters / Year [3]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  30 inches (75 cm)
Habitat Substrate [3]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Predators

Harpia harpyja (Harpy Eagle)[3]
Panthera onca (Jaguar)[3]

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
♦ 2Hamish 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
♦ 3MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(850):19–32 Bradypus variegatus (Pilosa: Bradypodidae) VIRGINIA HAYSSEN
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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