Color: 

Long bristly, gray –brown hair

Size:

24-25.5 inches

Weight:

Up to 20 lbs

Average Lifespan: 

15-20 years

Captive Lifespan:

Up to 30 years

Throughout South America

Tropical forests

Mating: 

Year round

Gestation/Incubation:

5-6 months

Litter/Clutch Size:

1

Mature: 

Females: 3 years; males: 4-5 years

Almost all vegetation, especially leaves, fruits, tubers.

Nocturnal and arboreal, will stay in trees most of the time

1. Forelimbs are only slightly longer then hind-limbs, in Three-Toed Sloth’s forelimbs are more noticeably longer then hind-limbs.

2. A sloth’s fur is worn “upside down”; parting takes place along the belly not on the back allowing rain to drain off either side, therefore not collecting in the fur

3. Come down from the trees to defecate once a week

4. Good swimmers

5. Closest relatives are anteaters