- How is it affected by Climate Change? In rain forests from South America to Africa to Southeast Asia climate change has increased the amount of rain loss in the rainforest, a nd that a less livable habitat for endangered rain forest species like sloths. This affects the sloths because sloths live in trees and eat the leaves on the trees.
- Oct 19, 2018 Sloths seem to be everyone's 'spirit animal.' They get to eat, sleep, and hang out in trees all day, going about their business without a care in the world. Or at least that's how it looks.
Appearance: Linné’s two-toed sloths are slow-moving, nocturnal creatures that spend most of their life upside down in the trees. They are the only mammals whose hair grows in the opposite direction. The hair parts in the middle of the belly and grows upward toward the back; the hair on the face points upwards too, which allows water to run off during rainstorms!
Habitat: They live in trees of tropical and cloud forests of Central and South America.
Family Life: Linné’s two-toed sloths live a life of solitary. Sloth youngsters stay with their mothers for six months to two years. Once they depart from their mother, they inherit a part of the home range left by the mother.
Threats: Threats include deforestation and habitat destruction.
HABITAT AND RANGE The sloth is found in Central and South America, hanging from the tall trees in cloud and rain forests. You may see an inert sloth tucked onto a tree branch, basking in the sun. Sloths are anatomically designed to fall out of trees. On average, a sloth will fall out of a tree once a week for its entire life. But don’t worry, all sloths are anatomically designed to fall and survive. They can plummet from over 100 feet without injury (that’s the height of twelve double-decker buses).
Lifespan: Up to 20 years in the wild, 30 to 40 years in managed care
Slow Moving
Sloths are the slowest moving mammals in the world!
What Is A Sloths Habitat
Hidden in plain sight
Alage grows on their fur, providing camouflage that helps sloths blend into the rainforest canopy.
The Phoenix Zoo is one of the largest non-profit zoos in the U.S., caring for over 3,000 animals, with nearly 400 species represented, including many threatened/endangered species.
Description Of A Sloths Habitat
Appearance: Linné’s two-toed sloths are slow-moving, nocturnal creatures that spend most of their life upside down in the trees. They are the only mammals whose hair grows in the opposite direction. The hair parts in the middle of the belly and grows upward toward the back; the hair on the face points upwards too, which allows water to run off during rainstorms!
Habitat: They live in trees of tropical and cloud forests of Central and South America.
Family Life: Linné’s two-toed sloths live a life of solitary. Sloth youngsters stay with their mothers for six months to two years. Once they depart from their mother, they inherit a part of the home range left by the mother.
Threats: Threats include deforestation and habitat destruction.
Lifespan: Up to 20 years in the wild, 30 to 40 years in managed care
Slow Moving
Sloths are the slowest moving mammals in the world!
![A Sloths Habitat A Sloths Habitat](https://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/2018/02/23/cute-sloths/01-cute-sloths-SLOTH_TW_034450_fullcolor.ngsversion.1519833605445.adapt.1900.1.jpg)
Hidden in plain sight
Alage grows on their fur, providing camouflage that helps sloths blend into the rainforest canopy.
The Phoenix Zoo is one of the largest non-profit zoos in the U.S., caring for over 3,000 animals, with nearly 400 species represented, including many threatened/endangered species.