Introducing the world's smallest, rarest, and perhaps strangest species of sloth—the critically endangered pygmy sloth! Known scientifically as Bradypus pygmaeus, this dwarf species can only be found the tiny, remote island of Escudo de Veraguas, which lies 17km off the east coast of Panama.🏝🦥 Pygmy sloths live in the island’s forests and mangrove swamps, and are thought to feed mainly on the leaves of red mangrove trees. They’re 40% smaller than their closest mainland cousin, the brown-throat

Saving the Pygmy Sloth from Extinction - EDGE of Existence

Sloth Problems (and how to solve them) — The Sloth Conservation Foundation