Bradypus:
Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth, Bradypus
tridactylus
Maned Three-toed Sloth, Bradypus torquatus
Three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus
Pygmy Three-toed Sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus
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