Two-toed sloth Marlies

Two-toed sloth
Choloepus didactylus / Two-toed sloth

Habitat
tropical rainforest
Continent
South America
Food
Leaves, buds and insects
Gestation/breeding period
11 months
Mode of life
Solitary
Class
Mammals
Order
Pilosa

Key facts

~ 80 cm
size

~ 11 kg
weight

~ 40 years
age

How endangered are Two-toed sloths?

by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)

  • Not evaluated
  • Data deficient
  • Zweifinger-Faultier
    Least concern
    Least concern
  • Near threatened
  • Vulnerable
  • Endangered
  • Critically endangered
  • Extinct in the wild
  • Extinct

Did you know?

The sloth has a very energy-saving lifestyle and a low body temperature of 30 to 34 degrees Celsius.

Animal keeper hangouts and feeding times

Koala feeding

(Prof. Brandes House)
daily
9:30 am
feeding without commentary

False gharial

(Prof. Brandes House)
every first Fri. of the month
11:00 am
hangout with commentary

Koala weighing

(Prof. Brandes House)
Wed, Sun
11:00 am
hangout with commentary


Two-toed sloth on the zoo tour

Zoo tour map
Zoo tour map