{{stubTaxonomy|name=Sloth|image=ThreeToedSloth.jpg|caption=|superkingdom=|kingdom= Animalia|subkingdom=|superphylum=|phylum=Chordata|subphylum=|infraphylum=|microphylum=|superdivision=|division=|subdivision=|superclass=|class=Mammalia|subclass=|infraclass=|superorder=|order=Pilosa|suborder=Folivora|infraorder=|superfamily=|family=Bradypodidae, Megalonychidae|subfamily=|supertribe=|tribe=|subtribe=|genera=Bradypus<br/>Choloepus|genus=|subgenus|species=B. pygmaeus<br>B. torquatus<br>B. tridactylus<br/>B. variegatus<br/>C. didactylus<br/>C. hoffmanni|binomialname=|sub=|alt=|regionimg=|pop=|conservation=}}Very slow-moving tree-dwelling animal which lives in '''Sloths''' are several species of [[South America]]n forests. It is unable to survive outside [[mammal]]s of tropical foreststhe families Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae, of which the genera is represented by the living two and three-toed sloths.
== Habits ==Living sloths use their clawed feet to hang upside down from tree branches, where they feed on leaves. The remarkably non-nutritious nature of such a diet may necessitate their habitual [[lethargy]]. The two-toed sloth is in fact so inert that [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] [[algae]] commonly grows in its fur, making it the only mammal that appears to be green. This, along with its typical motionlessness, affords it excellent [[camouflage]] in the trees. Along the ground sloths move especially slowly, at a rate of only approximately 6.5 feet per minute. Sloths defecate extremely infrequently (typically once a week). Yet remarkably, instead of just letting go from the treetops, they descend to the ground to use a single favored sloth lavatory, which over the years may grow to mountainous proportions, exposing themselves to considerable danger in the process. == Creationist perspective ==[[Creation science|Creation scientists ]] believe that the sloth, in common with like all ground -dwelling animals, originated in the [[Middle East]]. After the [[Great Flood]] they were , the species was probably dispersed by [[Rafting (ecology)|rafting]] which enabled them it to colonize South America as part of the [[Post-Diluvian Diasporas]]. ==External links==*[http://www.xenarthra.org/ Xenarthra.org] about sloths and similar mammals [[Category:Mammals]]