gg TWO-TOED, AND URSINE SLOTH. 
face, a blunt black nose, a little lengthened ; ra« 
tlier small external ears ; eyes small, black, rounds 
and heavy, with a dusky line from the corner of 
each ; its face and throat are of a dirty white ; 
the hair on its body is long and very uneven, of a 
greyish brown, with a black line along the mid- 
dle of its back; the rest of its back, shoulders, and 
limbs, are spotted irregularly with black ; its tail 
is a mere stump ; its fore legs are short ; its hind 
legs are thick, long, and "awkward ; its feet are 
small, but armed with large, sharp, strong claws. 
It grows to the bulk of a middle sized fox ; and 
inhabits most parts of the eastern side of South 
America. The female produces one young one* 
which she frequently carries on her back. 
Two-toed sloth. 
This species of the sloth has a round head ; 
a short projecting nose; ears like those of the 
human body, lying close to the head ; two long 
and strong claws on the fore feet, three on the 
hind ; hair long and rough, in some parts curled 
and woolly ; in some of a pale red above, ash 
brown below, in others of a yellowish white 
below ; ash brown above. It inhabits South 
America and Ceylon. 
It is more slender than the former species ; its 
coat is npt so rough nor so variegated, and it is 
a more active animal, since it can ascend and des- 
cend a tall tree three times in a day. 
Ursine sloth. 
This, which is by far the largest species of 
sloth, is a native of India, and has been but lately 
introduced to the knowledge of European natu- 
ralists* It was brought from the neighbourhood 
