Two-toed sloth
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![Display of two fingers in hands and three toes in feet.](/Images/godic/202502/18/TwoToedSlothDetail5851.jpg")
![Young C. hoffmanni being raised in a wildlife rescue center in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica](/Images/godic/202502/18/Baby_Choloepus_hoffmanni,_Costa_Rica5851.JPG")
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.