Sloth Hybrids
Family Bradypodidae
EUGENE M. MCCARTHY, PHD GENETICS
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Bradypus variegatus
To the author's knowledge, the following is the only information bearing on hybridization in this family:
Bradypus tridactylus [Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth]
× Bradypus variegatus [Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth] A parapatric contact zone, which is often a sign of ongoing hybridization, exists in Venezuela, but the author has not as yet encountered any explicit report of hybridization.
Bradypus variegatus [Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth] See: Bradypus tridactylus
A dog-cow hybrid?
By the same author: Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World, Oxford University Press (2006).