Three-toed Sloth

Description:

Though fairly common, these arboreal mammals are quite difficult to encounter since they spend most of its time moveless and sleeping up in the forest canopy. Their fur is gray but is often covered with algae, giving some individuals a greenish appearance. Males have a big bare patch on their backs, females' patch is much smaller. They can be distinguished from monkeys by their slow and apparently laboured-movements, overall coloration and their very very short tails, and from their two-toed relatives by being gray, diurnally-active, and by having three toes on their forepaws.

Habitat:

Forested lands from Honduras to southern Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It can be found from sea level to 2400 m, though is way more common in lowlands.