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Bradypus tridactylus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA PILOSA BRADYPODIDAE

Scientific Name: Bradypus tridactylus
Species Authority Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name/s:
English – Pale-throated Sloth, Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s Chiarello, A. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group
Evaluator/s: da Fonseca, G.A.B. (Edentate Red List Authority) & Berridge, R. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution in one of the most pristine areas of the Amazon basin, and its having been recorded as relatively locally abundant.
History:
2006 – Least Concern (IUCN 2006)
1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

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 and French Guiana. The species also has been found in eastern Colombia from the department of Caquetá (FMNH 140254).
Countries:
Native:
Brazil; Colombia; French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
Range Map:
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Population [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species is found in lowland and montane tropical moist forest. It has been recorded on tepuis.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It has been recorded from many protected areas.
Citation: Chiarello, A. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group 2008. Bradypus tridactylus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2008.
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