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Which family includes two-toed sloths?

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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.

Two-toed sloths belong to the family Megalonychidae.12

While all sloths were formerly classified within the family Bradypodidae, two-toed sloths were later found to be distinct enough to be placed in their own separate family.32