#0242 · 🦊 mammals

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth

🇳🇱 Capucijnluiaard ·Bradypus variegatus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

De kapucijnluiaard ( Bradypus variegatus ) is een zoogdier uit de familie van de drievingerige luiaards (Bradypodidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Heinrich Rudolf Schinz in 1825.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,005iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
15,005 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz in 1825 (201 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
Nederlands: Capucijnluiaard
scientific name: Bradypus variegatus
class: Mammalia
order: Pilosa
family: Bradypodidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 0
sightings worldwide: 15,005
GBIF records in NL: 0
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1825 by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47067, Wikidata Q148752, GBIF 2436353, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.