Bradypus tridactylus

– Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

PILOSA

Family:

BRADYPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Bradypus tridactylus

Species Authority:

Linnaeus, 1758

Common Name/s:

English

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PALE-THROATED SLOTH, PALE-THROATED THREE-TOED SLOTH

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

LC ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2006

Assessor/s:

Chiarello, A. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group

Evaluator/s:

Sechrest, W. (Global Mammal Assessment) & da Fonseca, G.A.B. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group

Justification:

Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution in one of the most pristine areas of the Amazon basin, and it has been recorded as relatively locally abundant.

History:

1996

Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Range Description:	This species occurs in the Guyana Shield region, from Venezuela south of the Orinoco (although its distribution crosses at the delta region) into northern Brazil (south to the Amazonas/Solimões), through to Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana. The species also has been found in eastern Colombia from Caqueta (FMNH 140254).
Countries:	Native: Brazil; Colombia; French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela

Population

Population:	There is a preliminary population density estimate of 1.7 animals per km² from French Guiana (Tauber et al. 1999).
Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:

This species is found in lowland and montane tropical moist forest. It has been recorded on tepuis.

System:

Terrestrial

List of Habitats:

1.6	Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9	Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Threats

Threats:

There are no major threats to this species.

List of Threats:

0	No threats (ongoing)

Conservation Actions

Conservation Actions:

It has been recorded from many protected areas.

List of Conservation Actions:

3.2	Research actions - Population numbers and range (needed)
3.3	Research actions - Biology and Ecology (needed)
4.1	Habitat and site-based actions - Maintenance/Conservation (needed)
4.4.2	Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Establishment (in place)
4.4.3	Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Management (in place)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Eisenberg, J.F. and Redford, K.H. 1999. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Central Neotropics, Volume 3: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Emmons, L.H. and Feer, F. 1998. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, Second Edition. A Field Guide. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Engstrom, M., and Lim, B. 2000. Checklist of the mammals of Guyana. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Gardner, A.L. 1993. Order Xenarthra. In: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds) Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second Edition. pp: 63–68. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Gardner, A.L. 2005. Order Pilosa. In: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds) Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Third Edition. pp: 100–103. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Tauber, E., Vié, J.-C., Fournier, P., Genty, C. and Duplantier, J.-M. 1999. Distribution of two sympatric species of sloths (Choleopus didactylus and Bradypus tridactylus) along the Sinnamary River, French Guiana. Biotropica 31: 686–691.

Wetzel, R.M. 1982. Systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation of South American edentates. In: M.A. Mares & H.H. Genoways (eds) Mammalian Biology in South America pp: 345–375. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.

Citation:	Chiarello, A. & members of the Edentate Specialist Group 2006. Bradypus tridactylus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 August 2008.
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