Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
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Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

Overview

The Osa Peninsula, Tortuguero and Corcovado are among six atlas places where Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth is recorded. Records concentrate in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The atlas holds 549 records of the species across nine countries.

Because records occur in both the northern and southern hemispheres, recording seasons differ by region. Each place page in the atlas shows the months recorded there.

Records
549
Countries
9
Atlas places
6
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 382 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Panama
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 137 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Colombia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 7 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Ecuador
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Nicaragua
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 5 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Bolivia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • United States
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Peru
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 5 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1 record · updated 40 days ago
    Possible

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth