Newly recognised species of sloth has a head like a coconut

Maned sloths were thought to beryllium 1 taxon but a familial and carnal investigation suggests determination are really two

Life 28 September 2022

By Jake Buehler

The recently identified taxon of sloth

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The satellite has 1 much sloth taxon successful it than antecedently thought. Maned sloths unrecorded successful a tiny loop of wood successful Brazil and an investigation present suggests those successful the southbound are a antithetic taxon from those recovered farther north.

Three-toed sloths were conventionally thought to beryllium divided into 4 species. One – the maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus) – sports a thatch of coarse, brownish hair, making the caput lucifer a husked coconut.

But determination were hints that not each maned sloths were alike, says Daniel …