Definitions for three-toed sloth
three-toed sloth

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1. three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus tridactylusnoun

   a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot

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1. Three-toed sloth

   The three-toed or three-fingered sloths are arboreal neotropical mammals . They are the only members of the genus Bradypus and the family Bradypodidae. The four living species of three-toed sloths are the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, and the pygmy three-toed sloth. In complete contrast to past morphological studies, which tended to place Bradypus as the sister group to all other folivorans, molecular studies place them nested within the sloth superfamily Megatherioidea, making them the only surviving members of that radiation.

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1. three-toed sloth

   A three-toed sloth is a species of slow-moving arboreal mammal found in Central and South America, belonging to the genus Bradypus. They are known for their distinctive three-clawed limbs, slow metabolism, and their ability to hang from tree branches, where they spend most of their time. Despite being excellent swimmers, they are somewhat incapacitated on land due to their long limbs. They have a diet primarily composed of leaves and fruits and have a unique, symbiotic relationship with algae growing on their fur, which aids in camouflage.

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1. Three-toed sloth

   The three-toed sloths are tree-living mammals from South and Central America. They are the only members of the genus Bradypus and the family Bradypodidae. There are four living species of three-toed sloths. These are the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, and the pygmy three-toed sloth. Although similar to the somewhat larger and generally faster moving two-toed sloths, the two genera are placed in different families. Recent phylogenetic analyses support the morphological data from the 1970s and 1980s that the two genera are not closely related and that each adopted their arboreal lifestyles independently. It is unclear what ground-dwelling sloth taxa the three-toed sloths evolved from; the two-toed sloths appear to nest phylogenetically within one of the divisions of Caribbean megalonychids, and thus probably either descended from them or are part of a clade that invaded the Caribbean multiple times. Both types of sloth tend to occupy the same forests: in most areas, a particular single species of three-toed sloths and a single species of the larger two-toed type will jointly predominate. Famously slow-moving, the sloth travels at a top speed of 0.24 kilometres per hour.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of three-toed sloth in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of three-toed sloth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=three-toed sloth
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Toed_Sloth
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4. ^ Wikidata
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