- sloth, tree sloth - any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
--1 is a kind of edentate
--1 is a member of Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae
--1 has particulars:three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus tridactylus; two-toed sloth, unau, Choloepus didactylus; two-toed sloth, unau, Choloepus hoffmanni