MAMMALIA. BRUTA. Sloth. loi 



II. BRUTA. 

 Have no fore-teeth in either jaw. 



V. SLOT H.— 5. BRAD TP US. 7. 



Has no fore-teeth in either jaw: Has fix grinders on both 

 fides of each jaw, which are cylindrical, and obliquely cut 

 off at the ends; the two foremoft in each jaw being longer, 

 than the reft, and far diftant from each other. The body 

 is covered with hair. 



i^t i. Ai. — I. Brady pus tridaclylus, 1, 



Has three toes on all the feet ; and a fhort tail. Muf. Ad. Fr. 4. 



Curled bradypus, having three toes on the feet, armed with hooked claws. Brown. Jam. 

 489. — Tardigradus tridaclylus, having three toes both on the fore and hind feet. BriiT. quad 

 21. — Arftopithecus. Gefn. quad. 869. — Ignavus. Cluf. exot. 372. — Luyart. Nieuhof, Brafil. 27. 

 — Pigritia, or Haut. Nieremb. hift. nat. 163. 164. — Sloth. Edw. av. t. 220.— Ai. Sm. Buff. vii. 

 150. pi. ccxiii. and ccxiv.— Pareffeux. Gautier, obf. fur l'hift. nat. i. part 2. 81. t. A. — Three- 

 toed floth. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 359. pi. xlix. Nat. mif. pi. 6. 



Inhabits the warmer parts of South America. — Lives in trees, and feeds on frefh leaves, efpecially" 

 of the Cecropia ; never drinks, and is afraid of rain : Climbs trees with great readinefs, but walks 

 with great difficulty, and very flowly, fcarcely being able to travel fifty paces in the courfe of a whole 

 day; turns its head often about as if aftonifhed : The voice is in afcending hexachord, or fix fuc- 

 ceffively rifing notes, making a moft horrible clamour, accompanied with tears, and every mark of 

 mifery: The body is very hairy, and of a grey colour, having a naked face ; the throat is yellow ; 

 there are no external ears : The tail is extremely fhort, and fomewhat egg-fhaped : The fore legs 

 are longer than thofe behind, and are placed at a great diftance from each other: The toe3j of which 

 there are three on each foot, are very clofe fet, and have all exceedingly ftrong, narrow,, hooked 

 claws. There are two- paps fituated on the breaft. 



This animal, according to Nieuhof, grows to the fize of ' an ordinary fox. The nofe is blunt,, 

 and of a black colour; the face and throat are of a dirty white colour; the hair on the body is long, 

 very uneven, of a browniih afh, or grey, colour, with a black line along the middle of the back, and 

 a rufty fhade on the fhoulders; the back and limbs being irregularly fpotted with black: The mouth 

 is never without foam : Its manners are fluggifh to an exceffive degree; its general appearance dif— 

 gufting ; and the voice plaintive, piteous,, and even horrible- It can live a prodigious time without. 



food,, 



