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All Sloth Species. With their long arms and shaggy fur they resemble monkeys but they are actually related to armadillos and anteaters they can be 2 to 2 5 feet 0 6 to 0 8 meters long and depending on species weigh from 8 to 17 pounds 3 6 to 7 7 kilograms. There are six species of sloth and they come in two varieties.

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With their long arms and shaggy fur they resemble monkeys but they are actually related to armadillos and anteaters they can be 2 to 2 5 feet 0 6 to 0 8 meters long and depending on species weigh from 8 to 17 pounds 3 6 to 7 7 kilograms. The pygmy three toed sloth the maned sloth the pale throated three toed sloth the brown throated three toed sloth and linnaeus s two toed sloth. This sloth does a great impersonation of an owl as it is able to turn its head like the bird does.

The two toed sloths and the three toed sloths.

There are two species of two toed sloths and there are four species of three toed sloths. The greater antilles sloths a basal group that arose about 32 million years ago and became extinct. The folivora are divided into at least eight families only two of which have living species. The two toed sloths and the three toed sloths.

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