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Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial ground sloths. Noted for their slowness of movement, tree sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rainforests of South America and Central ...
Learn about sloths, the slow-moving tree-dwelling mammals of South and Central America. Find out how they are classified, what they eat, how they adapt to their environment, and more.
- Sloths are mammals. They are part of the order Pilosa, which is also home to anteaters. Together with armadillos, sloths and anteaters form the mag...
- A total of five species of sloths exist: the pygmy three-toed sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated three-toed sloth, the brown-throated three-...
- Sloths live in the lowland tropical areas of South and Central America. They spend most of their life in the forest canopy. Two-toed sloths tend to...
- Sloths are omnivores. Because they spend most of their time in trees, they like to munch on leaves, twigs, flowers, and other foliage, though some...
- Sloths are slow because of their diet and metabolic rate. They eat a low-calorie diet consisting exclusively of plants, and they metabolize at a ra...
Learn about the evolution, behaviour, and ecology of sloths, the world's laziest animals. Discover how sloths are related to avocados, swim faster than they walk, and have algae and fungi growing in their fur.
Learn about sloths, the slow-moving tree-dwellers of Central and South America, and their habitats, threats and conservation efforts. WWF works to protect rain forests and sloth populations through sustainable forestry and protected areas.
Learn about the two groups of sloth, their slow-paced lifestyle, their unique digestion, their swimming skills, and their extinct relatives. Discover how sloths' fur hosts diverse organisms, how they defecate, and how they are threatened by human activities.
Learn about sloths, the slow-moving mammals that live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. Find out how they sleep, eat, defend themselves, and why algae grows on their fur.
Learn about sloths, their habitats, diets, threats and conservation efforts. Find out how to adopt a sloth and join WWF's action center to help protect them.
