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El perezoso didáctilo de Hoffmann (Choloepus hoffmanni) es un mamífero procedente de Centroamérica y Sudamérica. Pasa la mayor parte del tiempo en las copas de los árboles, donde puede beber, alimentarse y evitar a sus depredadores. Sus características morfológicas son harto curiosas: de piel extremadamente gruesa y protectora, y pelaje verde pardo que le camufla, se sirve de la boca para coger la comida o rasgar las hojas (mastica con dientes sin esmalte y en continuo crecimiento). Se desplaza lentamente a través de su hábitat selvático (su discreto tamaño le ayuda), y es un excelente nadador. El tacto y el olfato le permite buscar alimento, no así la vista y el oído, más pobres. El Perezoso de dos dedos es de digestión lenta, lo cual provoca que todo su metabolismo sea así; por este motivo baja tan poco al suelo (tan solo una vez por semana para defecar).
Les paresseux sont des mammifères arboricoles d'Amérique du Sud et d'Amérique centrale qui constituent le sous-ordre des Folivora[1]. Ce sont des animaux de taille moyenne au mode de vie original : ils sont presque toujours suspendus à l'envers dans les arbres et se déplacent avec lenteur. Ils possèdent de longues griffes. Les paresseux de la famille des Bradypus sont aussi appelés « aïs », chacun de leurs membres se terminant par trois doigts griffus, ce qui les distingue des Choloepus, de la famille des Megalonychidae, qui ne présentent que deux griffes à chaque main.
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Sloths are tree-dwelling mammals from South and Central America that make up the suborder Folivora [1]. They are medium-sized animals with an original way of life: they almost always hang upside down in trees and move slowly. They have long claws. The sloths of the Bradypus family are also called "ai", as each of their limbs ends in three clawed fingers, which distinguishes them from the Choloepus, of the Megalonychidae family, which has only two claws on each hand.
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🇩🇪 =Faultiere sind baumbewohnende Säugetiere aus Süd- und Mittelamerika, die die Unterordnung der Folivora[1] bilden. Es sind mittelgroße Tiere mit einer eigenwilligen Lebensweise: Sie hängen fast immer kopfüber in den Bäumen und bewegen sich langsam. Sie besitzen lange Krallen. Die Faultiere der Familie Bradypus werden auch als "Ais" bezeichnet, da jedes ihrer Glieder in drei krallenbewehrten Fingern endet. Dies unterscheidet sie von den Choloepus aus der Familie Megalonychidae, die nur zwei Krallen an jeder Hand haben.
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Los perezosos son mamíferos arborícolas de América Central y del Sur que pertenecen al suborden Folivora [1]. Son animales de tamaño medio con un original modo de vida: casi siempre cuelgan cabeza abajo de los árboles y se mueven lentamente. Tienen garras largas. Los perezosos de la familia Bradypus también se denominan "ai", ya que cada una de sus extremidades termina en tres dedos con garras, lo que los distingue de los Choloepus, de la familia Megalonychidae, que sólo tienen dos garras en cada mano.
I bradipi sono mammiferi arboricoli dell'America meridionale e centrale che appartengono al sottordine Folivora [1]. Sono animali di medie dimensioni con uno stile di vita originale: sono quasi sempre appesi a testa in giù sugli alberi e si muovono lentamente. Hanno artigli lunghi. I bradipi della famiglia Bradypus sono anche chiamati "ai", poiché ogni loro arto termina con tre dita artigliate, il che li distingue dal Choloepus, della famiglia Megalonychidae, che ha solo due artigli su ogni mano.
Les paresseux sont des mammifères arboricoles d'Amérique du Sud et d'Amérique centrale qui constituent le sous-ordre des Folivora[1]. Ce sont des animaux de taille moyenne au mode de vie original : ils sont presque toujours suspendus à l'envers dans les arbres et se déplacent avec lenteur. Ils possèdent de longues griffes. Les paresseux de la famille des Bradypus sont aussi appelés « aïs », chacun de leurs membres se terminant par trois doigts griffus, ce qui les distingue des Choloepus, de la famille des Megalonychidae, qui ne présentent que deux griffes à chaque main.
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🇬🇧Sloths are tree-dwelling mammals from South and Central America that make up the suborder Folivora [1]. They are medium-sized animals with an original way of life: they almost always hang upside down in trees and move slowly. They have long claws. The sloths of the Bradypus family are also called "ai", as each of their limbs ends in three clawed fingers, which distinguishes them from the Choloepus, of the Megalonychidae family, which has only two claws on each hand.
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🇩🇪=Faultiere sind baumbewohnende Säugetiere aus Süd- und Mittelamerika, die die Unterordnung der Folivora[1] bilden. Es sind mittelgroße Tiere mit einer eigenwilligen Lebensweise: Sie hängen fast immer kopfüber in den Bäumen und bewegen sich langsam. Sie besitzen lange Krallen. Die Faultiere der Familie Bradypus werden auch als "Ais" bezeichnet, da jedes ihrer Glieder in drei krallenbewehrten Fingern endet. Dies unterscheidet sie von den Choloepus aus der Familie Megalonychidae, die nur zwei Krallen an jeder Hand haben.
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Los perezosos son mamíferos arborícolas de América Central y del Sur que pertenecen al suborden Folivora [1]. Son animales de tamaño medio con un original modo de vida: casi siempre cuelgan cabeza abajo de los árboles y se mueven lentamente. Tienen garras largas. Los perezosos de la familia Bradypus también se denominan "ai", ya que cada una de sus extremidades termina en tres dedos con garras, lo que los distingue de los Choloepus, de la familia Megalonychidae, que sólo tienen dos garras en cada mano.
I bradipi sono mammiferi arboricol dell'America meridionale e centrale che appartengono al sottordine Folivora [1]. Sono animali di medie dimensioni con uno stile di vita originale: sono quasi sempre appesi a testa in giù sugli alberi e si muovono lentamente. Hanno artigli lunghi. I bradipi della famiglia Bradypus sono anche chiamati "ai", poiché ogni loro arto termina con tre dita artigliate, il che li distingue dal Choloepus, della famiglia Megalonychidae, che ha solo due artigli su ogni mano.
Two-toed sloth in the Allwetterzoo Münster
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Zweifinger-Faultier im Allwetterzoo Münster
🇫🇷 Les paresseux sont des mammifères arboricoles d'Amérique du Sud et d'Amérique centrale. Ce sont des animaux de taille moyenne au mode de vie original : ils sont presque toujours suspendus à l'envers dans les arbres et se déplacent avec lenteur. Ils possèdent de longues griffes. Les paresseux du genre Bradypus sont aussi appelés « aïs », chacun de leurs membres se terminant par trois doigts griffus, ce qui les distingue des paresseux du genre Choloepus, , qui ne présentent que deux griffes à chaque main.
🇬🇧 Sloths are tree-dwelling mammals from South and Central America. They are medium-sized animals with an original way of life: they almost always hang upside down in trees and move slowly. They have long claws. Sloths of the genus Bradypus are also known as "aïs", as each of their limbs ends in three clawed toes, which distinguishes them from sloths of the genus Choloepus, which have only two claws on each hand.
🇪🇸 Los perezosos son mamíferos arborícolas de América del Sur y Central. Son animales de tamaño medio con un original modo de vida: casi siempre se cuelgan cabeza abajo en los árboles y se mueven lentamente. Tienen largas garras. Los perezosos del género Bradypus también se conocen como "aïs", ya que cada una de sus extremidades termina en tres dedos con garras, lo que los distingue de los perezosos del género Choloepus, que sólo tienen dos garras en cada mano.
🇩🇪 Faultiere sind baumbewohnende Säugetiere aus Süd- und Mittelamerika. Es sind mittelgroße Tiere mit einer eigenwilligen Lebensweise: Sie hängen fast immer kopfüber in den Bäumen und bewegen sich langsam. Sie besitzen lange Krallen. Faultiere der Gattung Bradypus werden auch "Ais" genannt, da jedes ihrer Glieder in drei krallenbewehrten Fingern endet. Dies unterscheidet sie von den Faultieren der Gattung Choloepus, , die nur zwei Krallen an jeder Hand haben.
🇮🇹 I bradipi sono mammiferi arboricoli dell'America meridionale e centrale. Sono animali di medie dimensioni con uno stile di vita originale: sono quasi sempre appesi a testa in giù sugli alberi e si muovono lentamente. Sono dotati di lunghi artigli. I bradipi del genere Bradypus sono noti anche come "aïs", poiché ogni loro arto termina con tre dita artigliate, il che li distingue dai bradipi del genere Choloepus, che hanno solo due artigli su ogni mano.
Eye contact with a wild Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth, in El Valle, Panamá, shortly before dusk as he was starting to feed.
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Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Fun Facts
1. Sloths are often classified under the order Edentata, along with anteaters and armadillos, their closest relative. Edentata means "without teeth" though anteaters are the only members of this order truly lacking teeth.
2. Sloths are extremely slow moving animals. Their slow speed, along with their nocturnal lifestyle, makes them very hard to notice. It is believed that sloths obtained their common name from one of the biblical "seven deadly sins".
3. The sloth has a very unusual symbiotic relationship with algae. It has specialized hair that encourages algae growth, which aids in camouflaging the animal. It is also believed that the sloth will eat some of the algae and, interestingly, it will absorb some of the nutrients from the algae through its skin.
4. The scientific name Choloepus means lame, or maimed, foot. That is a direct reference to the fact that this genus only has two toes on each of its front feet.
Sloths have an extremely slow metabolism and have the lowest variable body temperature of any mammal. Unlike most mammals, their body temperature and metabolism will fluctuate throughout the day according to environmental temperatures, ranging from 24 to 33 degrees Celsius. Because of their slow metabolism, it is necessary for sloths to defecate and urinate only once a week.
5. Sloths spend their entire lives hanging upside down in trees: eating, sleeping, mating, and even giving birth in an upside down position. Because their body is designed to hang upside down, they are physically incapable of truly walking; they basically crawl when on the ground, usually on the way from one tree to another. They can, however, swim extremely well.
6. Another adaptation to life upside down is that their hair has a natural part on their belly (as opposed to their back) that allows water, in frequent rainstorms, to run off.
Costa Rica. Road between Tiloran and Monteverde
-- Two-toed Sloth & Baby --
‧ Scientific Name: Choloepus hoffmanni
‧ Size: 21 to 28 inches in length
‧ Weight: 4.6 to 19.8 lbs
‧ Lifespan: appx 15 years
‧ Location: Central and South America
‧ Diet: leaves and some fruits & flowers
‧ Conservation status: Least concern
‧ The sloth is the slowest mammal in the whole world.
‧ Two-toed Sloths are typically recognized by their two curved claws that are long enough (2 to 3 inches) to hook onto the branches of trees.
‧ It is a medium-size animal with dense shaggy fur covering the entire body.
‧ They have poor hearing and eyesight but sloths do possess good sense of smell or touch.
‧ They are extremely slow-movers (avg 13 feet per minute) and on each night sloths take 8 hours to move through the canopy.
‧ Sloths have a smiling appearance due to the coloring of their faces.
‧ Baby sloths are born with open eyes and have claws & soft fur of light color that become rougher and darker as they grow.
Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 400
Aperture – f/8
Exposure – 1/640 second
Focal Length – 125mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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~ 6 year old female Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth. Her name is Xena and she is an animal ambassador and new mom at the San Diego Zoo.
Conservation status: Least Concern
The Hoffman's two-toed sloth is one of the world's slowest mammals—so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South American rain forest home.
Sloths are identified by the number of long, prominent claws that they have on each front foot. There are both two-toed and three-toed sloths.
All sloths are built for life in the treetops. They spend nearly all of their time aloft, hanging from branches with a powerful grip aided by their long claws. (Dead sloths have been known to retain their grip and remain suspended in the air.) Sloths even sleep in trees, and they sleep a lot—some 15 to 20 hours every day. Even when awake they often remain motionless, and two-toed sloths are generally silent. At night they eat leaves, shoots, and fruit from the trees and get almost all of their water from juicy plants. (Wikipedia)
Punta Culebra Nature Centre (Smithsonian, Panama. January 2014.
Birding Panama.
🇫🇷 Différentes familles
* Famille des Bradypodidae chez lesquels les « mains » sont munies de trois griffes et qui sont dotés de neuf vertèbres cervicales, ce qui leur assure une rotation de la tête d'environ 270 degrés.
1 Paresseux à gorge brune
2 Paresseux à trois doigts,
3 Paresseux à crinière
4 Paresseux nain
* Famille des Megalonychidae ou unaus : deux griffes et six vertèbres cervicales
1 Unau d'Hoffmann ,
2 Choloepus didactylus ,appelé Paresseux à deux doigts
🇬🇧 Different families
* Family Bradypodidae, which has three claws on its "hands" and nine cervical vertebrae, allowing it to rotate its head by around 270 degrees.
1 Brown-throated sloth
2 Three-toed sloth,
3 Maned sloth
4 Dwarf sloth
* Family Megalonychidae or unaus: two claws and six cervical vertebrae
1 Hoffmann's unau ,
2 Choloepus didactylus, also known as the two-toed sloth.
🇪🇸 Diferentes familias
* Familia Bradypodidae, que tiene tres garras en las "manos" y nueve vértebras cervicales, lo que le permite girar la cabeza unos 270 grados.
1 Perezoso de garganta marrón
2 Perezoso de tres dedos
3 Perezoso de crin
4 Perezoso enano
* Familia Megalonychidae o unaus: dos garras y seis vértebras cervicales
1 Unau de Hoffmann ,
2 Choloepus didactylus, también conocido como perezoso de dos dedos.
🇩🇪 Verschiedene Familien
* Familie der Bradypodidae, bei denen die "Hände" mit drei Krallen versehen sind und die neun Halswirbel haben, wodurch der Kopf um etwa 270 Grad gedreht werden kann.
1 Braunkehl-Faultier
2 Dreifinger-Faultier,
3 Mähnenfaultier
4 Zwergfaultier
* Familie der Megalonychidae oder Unaus: zwei Krallen und sechs Halswirbel.
1 Hoffmanns Unaus ,
2 Choloepus didactylus ,genannt Zweifingerfaultier
🇮🇹 Famiglie diverse
* Famiglia Bradypodidae, che ha tre artigli sulle "mani" e nove vertebre cervicali, che gli permettono di ruotare la testa di circa 270 gradi.
1 Bradipo dalla gola marrone
2 Bradipo a tre dita,
3 Bradipo dalla criniera
4 Bradipo nano
* Famiglia Megalonychidae o unaus: due artigli e sei vertebre cervicali.
1 Unu di Hoffmann ,
2 Choloepus didactylus, noto anche come bradipo a due dita.
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Sloths do not differentiate between natural and artificial climbing opportunities and so many animals are injured or killed by electric shocks every year.
In Costa Rica, several rescue centres take care of injured sloths and orphaned young animals.
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
Province of Limón, Costa Rica 17.10.2012
Lebensgefahr
Hoffmann-Zweifingerfaultier (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Faultiere differenzieren nicht zwischen natürlichen und künstlichen Klettermöglichkeiten und so werden jährlich viele Tiere durch Stromschläge verletzt oder getötet.
In Costa Rica kümmern sich mehrere Auffangstationen um die verletzten Faultiere und verwaiste Jungtiere.
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
Provinz Limón, Costa Rica 17.10.2012
You're going to believe this, but in the middle of the night I went to the restroom in this biological reserve, and I found this little friend... He was like "Hey dude!" with that happy smile
This happened in El Predio El Danubio - DAGMA, Peñas Blancas
Looking almost straight up at a Northern Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), high overhead in Costa Rica. I saw two sloths while there, both well up in trees, but did manage to find this one's sleepy face through a gap in the branches.
Two-toed anteater balanced on a stick held by a man's arm. 1928.
Name of Expedition: Crane Pacific Expedition
Participants: Sidney Nichols Shurcliff, Karl P. Schmidt, Cornelius Crane, William L. Moss, Albert W. Herre
Expedition Start Date: c. 11/28/1928
Expedition End Date: c. 8/12/1929
Purpose or Aims: Zoology (Birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, invertebrates)
Location: Central America, Panama, Barro Colorado Island
Original material: Hand-colored Lantern Slide
Digital Identifier: A105150_crane22_2c
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Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the Southern Two-toed Sloth or unau, is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, the Guyanas and Brazil north of the Amazon River.
It is a solitary, diurnal and arboreal animal, found in rainforests. It is able to swim, making it possible to cross rivers and creeks. The two-toed sloth's main enemies are man, large birds of prey like the Harpy Eagle and Crested Eagle, and cats like the Ocelot.
The living sloths are omnivores. They may eat insects, small lizards, and carrion, but their diet consists mostly of buds, tender shoots, and leaves, mainly of Cecropia trees. They have made extraordinary adaptations to an arboreal browsing lifestyle. Leaves, their main food source, provide very little energy or nutrition and do not digest easily: sloths have very large, specialized, slow-acting stomachs with multiple compartments in which symbiotic bacteria break down the tough leaves. As much as two-thirds of a well-fed sloth's body-weight consists of the contents of its stomach, and the digestive process can take a month or more to complete.
Bradipo - Oasi di S.Alessio - Two-toed Sloth
Linneov dvoprsti ljenjivac (Choloepus didactylus / Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth / Eigentliche Zweifingerfaultier)
Tierpark Hellabrunn, München, Deutschland / Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich, Germany
@ Rancho Naturalista . Under heavy rains, it came down on a very big Erythrina tree to 'make poo' and we had the opportunity (not a very usual chance) to make close pictures of it.
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) 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.
Linneov dvoprsti ljenjivac (Choloepus didactylus / Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth / Eigentliche Zweifingerfaultier)
Tierpark Hellabrunn, München, Deutschland / Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich, Germany
Habita en bosques húmedos de tierras bajas, bosques secos tropicales y bosques
montanos. Puede tolerar bosques secundarios intervenidos, sin embargo, prefiere bosques con árboles
de gran porte y conexión entre sus ramas, lo que le facilita el desplazamiento por el dosel (Plese, T. & Chiarello, A, 2014).
Linneov dvoprsti ljenjivac (Choloepus didactylus / Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth / Eigentliche Zweifingerfaultier)
Tierpark Hellabrunn, München, Deutschland / Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich, Germany
Tweevingerige luiaard kwam een grijpstaartstekelvarken tegen
Two-toed sloth encountered a prehensile-tailed porcupine
Zweifingerfaultier begegnet Greifstachelschwein
Un paresseux à deux doigts a rencontré un porc-épic à queue préhensile