Two Toed Sloth with babe

Choloepus hoffmanni

Description:

Mama sloth with babe nursing on its belly running down a barbed fence line.

Habitat:

Wide open pasture near main road with cross fencing using living posts and barbed wire.

1 Species ID Suggestions

gringocopeland 12 years ago

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni Information about the Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1858 as classified by Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: Annual Checklist 2010)

3 Comments

Apple 12 years ago

Excellent spotting! Hope it doesn't hurt itself on the barbed wire.

KarenL 12 years ago

Great spot! And so nice to see the baby clinging to her.
As you know the species please can you look up & add the scientific name so that this can come off the Unidentified list. Thanks!
Welcome to Project Noah gringocopeland!

bayucca 12 years ago

Cool! I have never seen a sloth doing that!

Spotted by
gringocopeland

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Apr 14, 2012
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012