Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1858 (Hoffmann's two-toed sloth) is 1 of 2 extant two-toed sloths. A high-canopy folivore, C. hoffmanni has a disjunct range with a northern population in Central America and northern South America and a southern population in South America. C. hoffmanni is listed as “Least Concern” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources because of its wide distribution.
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28 March 2011
Choloepus hoffmanni (Pilosa: Megalonychidae)
Virginia Hayssen
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Mammalian Species
Vol. 43 • No. 1
January 2011
Vol. 43 • No. 1
January 2011
commensal
Edentata
edentate
folivory
sloth
South America
Xenarthra