Sloths

• Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: Living Things: Animals: Mammals: Sloth  (4)

Family: Bradypodidae - General information and anatomy of the three toed sloth.

Family: Megalonychidae - General information and anatomy of the two toed sloth.

Not Living up to their Name - Max Planck scientists find evidence that sloths in the wild sleep a lot less than previously thought. [PDF]

Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth: Bradypus tridactylus - Research project by Joe Thomas on this tree-living mammal including its classification, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species.

Three-toed Sloth - Information from Wikipedia on the four sloths included in the Bradypodidae family.

Two-toed Sloth - Information from Wikipedia on the classification of the family Megalonychidae which contains just two species, Choloepus didactylus and Choloepus hoffmanni.