Directory of Megalonychidae Resources

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Megalonychidae, or two-toed sloths, are a family in the order Xenarthra. There is a single genus in the family and just two species, Choloepus didactylus and Choloepus hoffmanni.

Resources in This Category

• Family: Megalonychidae

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Megalonychidae.html
  General information and anatomy of the two toed sloth.

• Two-toed Sloth

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalonychidae
  Information from Wikipedia on the classification of the family Megalonychidae which contains just two species, Choloepus didactylus and Choloepus hoffmanni.

• Two-toed Sloth

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-toed_sloth
  The two extant species of two-toed sloths are Linnaeus's (Choloepus didactylus) and Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni). They are the only members of the genus Choloepus and are the only living members of the family Megalonychidae.

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