Sloth
Maned Three-toed Sloth
Bradypus torquatus
A black mane over Atlantic Forest shoulders.
VulnerableIUCN status
0.22km/h top speed
58.0cm body length
15.5hours asleep daily
30.0years lifespan
Speed against a 60 km/h scale — the ceiling for the fastest dragonflies.
Named for the long dark hair running down the neck and shoulders of adults. It survives only in fragments of Brazil's Atlantic Forest.
Habitat. Atlantic coastal forest of south-eastern Brazil
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🌍 Conservation
One Island, One Sloth, Fewer Than a Hundred Left
The pygmy three-toed sloth lives on one small Panamanian island, in a fringe of mangroves, and nowhere else on Earth.