Sloth
Pygmy Three-toed Sloth
Bradypus pygmaeus
A dwarf sloth on a single tiny island.
Critically EndangeredIUCN status
0.2km/h top speed
50.0cm body length
16.0hours asleep daily
20.0years lifespan
Speed against a 60 km/h scale — the ceiling for the fastest dragonflies.
Roughly 40% smaller than mainland three-toed sloths, the pygmy sloth is confined to one small Panamanian island and its fringe of mangroves.
Habitat. Red mangroves of Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama
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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.