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Why the pygmy three-toed sloth?
It is endemic to the mangrove forests of a single island off the northern coast of Panama. With a total area of 4.3 km2, only 30% of which is covered by mangroves, the pygmy sloth has the most confined range of any known edentate, and its total population is probably no more than a thousand individuals. Although the island is not permanently inhabited, it is used as a base camp for seasonal divers and fishermen, who hunt the sloths at will. There is no presence of authority on the island and no enforcement of wildlife law, leaving the pygmy sloth with a complete absence of real protection (Superina, Miranda & Abba, 2010).
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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