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30 mar 2021 · Two species of sloths are endangered according to the IUCN Red List. Learn about conservation efforts and how we can help restore sloth populations.
Endangered Sloths. You may be surprised that only two of the six species of sloths are considered threatened with extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), who the vast majority of the scientific community consider having compiled the most comprehensive and reliable information source of population counts and risk ...
The health of sloth populations is wholly dependent on the health of tropical rain forests. But tropical rain forests are at risk of deforestation. Without an abundance of trees, sloths will lose their shelter and food source.
At present, 4 sloth species are listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List of threatened species. The maned three-toed sloth is vulnerable, while the pygmy three-toed sloth is critically endangered and the sloth species at greatest risk of extinction.
Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial ground sloths. Noted for their slowness of movement, tree sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down in the trees of the tropical rainforests of South America and Central America.
There are six living species of sloths on the planet. One of them is “critically endangered” (the pygmy sloth), one of them is “vulnerable” (the maned sloth), and the other four are listed as “least concern”. What, exactly, does that mean? The problem with sloths.
10.2 Endangered sloths. Sloths are facing a long and sad list of threats including deforestation, power line electrocutions, dog attacks, poaching, road collisions, human cruelty, and global warming.
