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Two-toed sloth
Choloepus
is a
genus
of
mammals
of Central and South America, within the
family
Megalonychidae
consisting of
two-toed sloths
. The two species of
Choloepus
(which means "lame foot"),
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
(
Choloepus didactylus
) and
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
(
Choloepus hoffmanni
), are the only surviving members of the family
Megalonychidae
.
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