<P> The pygmy three - toed sloth ( Bradypus pygmaeus ) , also known as the monk sloth or dwarf sloth , is a sloth endemic to Isla Escudo de Veraguas , a small island off the coast of Panama . The species was first described by Robert P. Anderson of the University of Kansas and Charles O. Handley Jr. , of the Smithsonian Institution in 2001 . The pygmy three - toed sloth is significantly smaller than the other three members of its genus , but otherwise resembles the brown - throated three - toed sloth . According to Anderson and Handley Jr. , the head - and - body length is between 48 and 53 centimetres ( 19 and 21 in ) , and the body mass ranges from 2.5 to 3.5 kg ( 5.5 to 7.7 lb ) . </P>
<P> The pygmy three - toed sloth ( Bradypus pygmaeus ) , also known as the monk sloth or dwarf sloth , is a sloth endemic to Isla Escudo de Veraguas , a small island off the coast of Panama . The species was first described by Robert P. Anderson of the University of Kansas and Charles O. Handley Jr. , of the Smithsonian Institution in 2001 . The pygmy three - toed sloth is significantly smaller than the other three members of its genus , but otherwise resembles the brown - throated three - toed sloth . According to Anderson and Handley Jr. , the head - and - body length is between 48 and 53 centimetres ( 19 and 21 in ) , and the body mass ranges from 2.5 to 3.5 kg ( 5.5 to 7.7 lb ) . </P>
where does the pygmy three toed sloth live
where does the pygmy three toed sloth live
Isla Escudo de Veraguas , a small island off the coast of Panama
Isla Escudo de Veraguas , a small island off the coast of Panama