Bradypus

Two species of sloths (Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus didactylus) and the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) are common here.

Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests 2008

Some species present, which are endemic to the Atlantic forest include maned sloth Bradypus torquatus (EN), thin-spined porcupine Chaeotemys subspinosus (EN), jaguar Panthera onca (VU) and Geoffroy's tufted-ear marmoset Callithrix geoffroyi (VU).

Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Brazil 2009

Three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), Brazil (Photograph by Russell Mittermeier)

Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests 2008

They include interesting species such as the thin-spined porcupine (Chaetomys subspinosus, VU) and painted tree rat or cacao rat (Callistomys pictus), which represent monotypic genera, and the maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus, EN), a larger relative of the widespread three-toed sloths (B. tridactylus and B. variegatus).

Biological diversity in the Atlantic Forest 2008

Nocturnal two-toed sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni) are well distributed throughout this region along with the widespread three-toes sloths (Bradypus variegatus).

Southwest Amazon moist forests 2008

Other animals that have been recorded include the two-toed sloth Choloepus didactylus, the three-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus, puma Felis concolor and the tapir Tapirus terrestris.

Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname 2008

Many of these species are endangered including the Maned Three-toed sloth (Bradypus torquatus) and Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas).

Bahia coastal forests 2007

Mammal species threatened with extinction include the Maned Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus torquatus) and Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) and trees facing the same threat (Dalbergia nigra) are found in forest remnants of this ecoregion.

Bahia coastal forests 2007

You see there the _ai_, or three-toed sloth (the _Bradypus torquatus_).

On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

In one of their voyages, he and Mr Wallace saw a sloth (Bradypus infuscatus) swimming across a river, at a place where it was probably three hundred yards broad.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847