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Bradypus variegatus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA PILOSA BRADYPODIDAE

Scientific Name: Bradypus variegatus
Species Authority Schinz, 1825
Common Name/s:
English – Bolivian Three-toed Sloth, Brown-throated Sloth, Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
French – Aï De Bolivie, Bradype, Paresseux Tridactyle, Paresseux Tridactyle De Bolivie
Spanish – Perezoso Grisaceo, Perezoso Tridáctilo, Perico Ligero

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, presumed large population, its occurrence in a number of protected areas, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
History:
2006 – Least Concern (IUCN 2006)
1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species ranges from Honduras in the north, through southern Central America. In South America, it ranges from Colombia into western Venezuela, and south into Ecuador, eastern Peru and Bolivia, into Paraguay, Brazil and northern Argentina (now considered to be extirpated). The species is historically absent from the southernmost states of Brazil and northeastern Argentina; the southernmost record of the species is at Londrina, in the state of Paraná, Brazil. It is now considered to be extinct in Argentina, being last recorded in 1916: the region where it occurred has been actively surveyed and no remaining populations have been located. The species is found from sea level to at least 2,400 m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Venezuela
Range Map:
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Population [top]

Population: It is a locally abundant species. There are density estimates of up to 8.5 animals per hectare in Panamá and up to 9.9 animals per hectare in Costa Rica.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It has been recorded from a number of forest types including seasonal mesic tropical forest, semi-deciduous forest (inland Atlantic Forest), cloud forest and montane tropical forest.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

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

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: This species is present in many protected areas. Further studies are needed into variation between populations in this wide-ranging species.
Citation: Chiarello, A. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group 2008. Bradypus variegatus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2008.
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