2. Three-toed Sloth

3. Fast Facts 4 species Mammal Completely arboreal Use long claws to hang from trees Size of a small dog Weigh 7-10 lbs. Algae grows in fur Go to the ground to urinate and defecate about once a week, digging a hole and covering it afterwards

4. Cannot maintain their body temperature, so they must live in warm, humid climates

5. Feeding Sleep 15-20 hrs per day Forage on plants at night Eat leaves, shoots, and fruit from the trees Get most all of their water from juicy plants

6. Reproduction Mate and give birth while hanging in the trees Females give birth to a single young after a gestation period of around 6 months Babies are often seen clinging to their mothers They travel by hanging on to them for the first nine months of their lives

7. Fun Facts Travel at a top speed of 0.15 mph Are surprisingly good swimmers Sometimes fall directly from rain forest trees into rivers Have extra neck vertebrae that allows them to turn their heads 270 degrees

8. Conservation Maned Three-toed sloth is listed as Endangered Threatened by loss of habitat from destruction of the rainforest Majority of sloth deaths in Costa Rica are due to contact with electrical lines and poachers