Sloth with young in Costa Rican canopy

Sloth with young clinging to a tree branch in Costa Rica.
Sloth with young clinging to a tree branch in Costa Rica.

A sloth with its young clings to a tree in Costa Rica. The arboreal mammal is native to the rainforests of Central and South America, where it spends most of its time in the canopy.

Photo taken in February 2019.

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