T HE 
THREE-TOED SLOTH. 
Generic Character. 
No Cutting-Teeth in either Jaw. 
Canine Teeth obtufe, (ingle, longer than the grind¬ 
ers, placed oppofite. 
Grinders five on each fide, obtufe. 
Fore-Legs much longer than the hind. 
Claws very long. [Linnaeus and Tennant. 
Specific Character. 
SLOTH, with three toes on each foot, and a 
very (hort tail; fize of a fmallifh dog. 
THREE-TOED SLOTH. 
Pennant. Flifl. Quadr. p. 494. 
L"AI. [ JBujfon. vol. XIII. p. 34. tab. 5. 6 . 
So extraordinary is the union of awkwardnefs and ug- 
Jinefs in this uncommon creature, that it has generally 
been regarded as one of the molt linking 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 lealt liable to be dilturbed by 
Man or other animals. A celebrated Naturalift, the 
Count de Buffon, will not allow this creature to have 
any fhare in contributing to the general beauty in the 
chain of beings, but regards it as an ill-conftrudted 
mafs of deformity, created only for mifery, which he 
thinks, 
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