Two Toed Sloths

Thank you for inquiring your data to our organization. We have completed an inventory of the biological diversity in Central America and interpreted the distribution of the Choloepus hoffmanni (two-toed sloth) and Bradypus variegatus (brown-throated three-toed sloths). The possible locations the sloths could be located are, agriculture (AG), low land old growth (LL OG), low land secondary forest (LL SF), mountainous old growth (MTN OG), mountainous secondary forest (MTN SF), and finally clear cut (CC). Our organization totals there to be a total 136 sloths to be in AG, 144 sloths in LL SF, and finally 75 sloths in LL OG. On the other hand, there are no sloths found in MTN OG, MTN SF, and CC. Given the data regarding the location of both the
2015). With this generalist diet, the two-toed sloths exhibit an overall greater plasticity in the tree and habitat use allowing the overall resilience within the ecosystem (Mendoza et al. 2015). Due to the diverse diet, the two-toed sloth’s gut supports a more diverse community of microorganisms. (Dill‐McFarland et al., 2015) With the diverse community of microorganisms, there becomes an un-cohesive SCOA profile in the gut of the sloth which allows a diverse uptake of nutrients (Dill‐McFarland et al., 2015). This in turns allows the two-toed sloths to process a variety of foods hence being considered to have a generalist
In regards to agriculture, 135 two-toed sloths selected for this location in comparison to the 0 three-toed. The calculated Alpha value shows 0.56, and as the acceptance value is any value above 0.25, two-toed sloths actively choose to live in this location. Additionally, the Alpha value LL OG being 0.34 shows the two-toed sloths activity selected to live in this location. LL SF’s Alpha value fell short of the acceptance value of 0.25 hence the two-toed sloths selected against living in this location. CC, MTN SF, and MTN OG all showed an Alpha value of 0 selecting against. From the analysis of the Alpha values, it can be stated the Choloepus hoffmanni species choose to live in LL OG and AG as these locations satisfies the generalist’s diet and fulfils all the BAM requirements (Figure