Brown-throated sloth: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown-throated sloth lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Bradypus variegatus
Group	Sloths, anteaters & armadillos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Diet (main food)	leaf
Class	Mammal
Order	Pilosa
Family	Megalonychidae

Where does the brown-throated sloth live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown-throated sloth in 8 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Belterra.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a brown-throated sloth eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the brown-throated sloth as: leaf.

Is the brown-throated sloth endangered?

The brown-throated sloth’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown-throated sloth?

The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is a mammal in the order Pilosa and the family Megalonychidae, genus Bradypus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown-throated sloth

The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is a species of three-toed sloth found in the Neotropical realm of Central and South America.

It is the most common of the five species of three-toed sloth, and is found in the forests of South and Central America in countries such as Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Although they once lived in Argentina, they are now believed to be extinct there.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown-throated sloth (revision 1381159783), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q148752 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).