Thanks for posting these photos Talli. This is definitely a two-toed sloth (my guess- Choloepus didactylus); three-toeds have a distinctive 'mask' pattern on the face.
Thanks for posting these photos Talli. This is definitely a two-toed sloth (my guess- Choloepus didactylus); three-toeds have a distinctive 'mask' pattern on the face.
The research was interesting. I'm guessing the zoo doesn't realize they should be named "two-fingered" sloths, and are counting back toes, which are 3 on all sloths. I didn't realize that the two and three toed sloths split millions of years ago - parallel evolution, fascinating.
This zoo wouldn't be in my top 100....
yep, definitely a two-toed sloth. I wouldn't put too much faith in the expertise of the zoo's identification skills (I've just been looking at their website: does anyone know what a "grey arm macaque" would be?)
yep, definitely a two-toed sloth. I wouldn't put too much faith in the expertise of the zoo's identification skills (I've just been looking at their website: does anyone know what a "grey arm macaque" would be?)
that's interesting. The only sites that comes up from googling "grey arm macaque" are for the Animal Kingdom Zoo, and the only ones for "grey-armed macaque" are for the Catoctin Zoo. The picture looks like one of the Sulawesi species, perhaps tonkeana or maura but I'm not sure
