THE 



THREE-TOED SLOTH. 



Generic Character. 



No Cutting-Teeth in either Jaw. 

 Canine Teeth obtufe, fingle, longer than the grind- 

 ers, placed oppofite. 

 Grinders five on each fide, obtufe. 

 Fore-Legs much longer than the hind. 

 Claws very long. \JLinnaus and Pennant. 



Specific Character. 



SLOTH, with three toes on each foot, and a 

 very fhort tail ; fize of a fmallifh dog, 



THREE -TOED SLOTH. 



Pennant. Hi/i. Ouadr. p. 494. 



L'AL [Buffon. vol. XIII. p. 34. tab. 5. 6. 



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So extraordinary is the union of awkwardnefs and ug- 

 linefs in this uncommon creature, that it has generally 

 been regarded as one of the mod itriking examples of 

 animal deformity. The fpecies here exhibited, is a na- 

 tive of South America, where it refides in folitary places, 

 and where its quietude is leaft liable to be difturbed by 

 Man or other animals. A celebrated Naturalift, the 

 Count de Buffon, will not allow this creature to have 

 my fhare in contributing to the general beauty in the 

 chain of beings, but regards it as an ill-conftru&ed 

 mafs of deformity, created only for mifery, which he 



thinks, 



