Two-toed Sloth

Description:

Choloepus is a genus of mammals of Central and South America, within the family Megalonychidae consisting of two-toed sloths. As the name implies, they have only two toes on their fore feet, although, like other sloths, they have three toes on the hind feet. Two-toed sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down from trees. They cannot walk, so they pull hand-over-hand to move around, which is at an extremely slow rate. Although similar to the somewhat smaller and generally slower-moving three-toed sloths (Bradypus), the relationship between the two genera is not close.

Habitat:

Seen free in the InBio Park in Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica, at the top of a tall tree.