Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
Choloepus hoffmanni
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, also known as the northern two-toed sloth, is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is a solitary, largely nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature and secondary rainforests and deciduous forests. The common name commemorates the German naturalist Karl Hoffmann, who discovered the Hoffmann sloth.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Pilosa
- Family
- Choloepodidae
- Genus
- Choloepus