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Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth
Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Sloths, anteaters & armadillos

Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishLinnaeus's Two-toed Sloth
DutchTweevingerige Luiaard
SpanishPerezosos de dos dedos de Lineo
Chinese二趾树懒
Sranan Tongoskapuloiri
Scientific nameCholoepus didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River. There is now evidence suggesting the species' range expands into Bolivia. It's the largest extant sloth species.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderPilosa
FamilyMegalonychidae
GenusCholoepus

In Suriname

139Records in Suriname
28iNaturalist observations
1833First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo20
  • Commewijne17
  • Brokopondo14
  • Saramacca8
  • Nickerie6
  • Para4
  • Sipaliwini3
  • Wanica2
  • Marowijne2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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