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🦥Brown-throated sloth
The brown-throated sloth is a species of three-toed sloth found in the Neotropical realm of Central and South America.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- Body mass
- 3.96 kg
- Body length
- 0.75 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 27 years
Everything we know about the Brown-throated sloth
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.96 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.75 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass15 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan27 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length9.51 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity3.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation171 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.01 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density650 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Brown-throated sloth yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPilosa
- ›familyBradypodidae
- ›genusBradypus
- ›speciesBradypus variegatus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- suborderFolivora
- familyBradypodidae
- genusBradypus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderPilosa
- suborderFolivora
- familyBradypodidae
- genusBradypus
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