Scientists raise population estimate for world's most endangered sloth

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceJul 1, 2015, 7:55 am92 pts
There may be more pygmy sloths than believed, according to a new paper in the Journal of Mammalogy. Scientists originally estimated a population of less than 500 pygmy sloths on Escudo de Veraguas Island off the coast of Panama, the only place in the world where these diminutive sloths survive.

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