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These nocturnal animals lead a solitary life and sleep for up to 15 hours a day.
Most of their life is spent hanging upside down from tree branches. Their movements are very slow and so is their digestion, sometimes taking up to a month to digest their food.
Scientific Name: Choleopus didactylus
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Size: Range in length from 25 to 29 in.
Weight: Ranges from 8 to 17 lbs.
Median Life Expectancy: Median Life Expectancy: 16
These herbivores feed on a variety of plants, including: berries, leaves, twigs and fruit.
Their range includes: Venezuela and the Guianas, northern Brazil and west into the upper Amazon Basin of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Tropical lowland and mountainous forests.
These nocturnal animals lead a solitary life and sleep for up to 15 hours a day. Most of their life is spent hanging upside down from tree branches. Their movements are very slow and so is their digestion, sometimes taking up to a month to digest their food.
