Where does the pygmy three-toed sloth live?

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A juvenile three-toed sloth hangs from a tree branch surrounded by green leaves in Costa Rica. — sloth Juvenile three-toed sloth (*Bradypus*) climbing a tree branch.

The pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) is found exclusively on the Isla Escudo de Veraguas, which is a small Caribbean island located off the northwestern coast of Panama.1