Family BRADYPODIDAE

(THREE-TOED SLOTHS)

• Medium-sized arboreal folivores with long limbs, three long Class on forelimbs and hindlimbs, short vestigial tails, and foregutfermenting digestive systems.

• 55-85 cm.

• Neotropical Region.

• Low-elevation tropical forests.

• 1 genus, 4 species, 4 taxa.

• | species Critically Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.