The Pygmy Three-toed Sloth is an endangered species. Despite it’s unpopulated Central American habitat, it is still critically endangered. The Pygmy three-toed sloth is a critically endangered sloth that lives on a tiny island off the coast of Panama.
The Pygmy Three Toed Sloth also known as Bradypus pygmaeus and is the most endangered of all Xenarthra. Xenarthra refers to all placental mammals. It lives in a small confined population on a very tiny island off the coast of Panama. It exclusively lives in red mangrove forests that surround the island at or near sea level. According to the website Arkive.org , it is critically endangered which is next to extinct in the wild and complete extinction. They eat leaves from a variety of trees which makes them a herbivore. Fisherman, farmers, lobster divers, and local people all visit seasonally and are assumed to hunt sloths illegally. The growing tourism industry is also a possible threat by degrading their habitat. Despite the fact that the Three Toed Pygmy sloth lives on a remote island, people are still its biggest threat.…show more content… They have an unusual amount of camouflage to avoid predators . It has small, blotchy, pale grey-brown, fur and a tan colored face with a distinctive dark band across the forehead, from which long shaggy hair hangs over the face, making it looks like its wearing a hood. Their outer fur is covered in algae which helps gives them a green tint which helps protect them in their forest environment. They also have three digits on their forelimbs, a blunt muzzle, and simple peg-like teeth. Without the boring colors they would be much more susceptible to
