Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1858

Torres-Porras, Jeronimo, Cobos, Marlon E, Seoane, José Manuel & Aguirre, Nikolay, 2017, Large and medium-sized mammals of Buenaventura Reserve, southwestern Ecuador, Check List 13 (4), pp. 35-45 : 41

Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1858 : Figure 11

Choloepus hoffmanni Peters 1858 — Tirira 2007, Plese and Chiarello

2014.

Material examined: Table 1.

The coat is long, thick and wavy; the back is brown, slightly greenish as a result of the symbiotic relationship with algae; the ventral region is of the same coloration of the dorsal part, but contrasts clearly with the throat which is much paler; round head, often paler than the body; long limbs, light brown to dark, with long, curved claws, two on the front legs and three on the hind legs; tail not visible externally ( Tirira 2007).