168K views · 12K reactions | 殮 Look who came down from the treetops to say hello: it’s Howie, our southern two-toed sloth! He was “supervising” assistant curator Ed Smith as he trimmed the trees in Amazonia’s rainforest habitat. #NatZooZen #BringTheZooToYou #Sloth Thank you for your continued support. For more information on the Zoo’s #COVID19 response, visit our website: https://s.si.edu/2xIDkyV. | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute | Facebook

Although you may have heard sloths be called two-toed and three-toed sloths however this is actually not anatomically correct. As both sloths possess three ‘toes’ on their hind limbs and the difference actually lies in their ‘fingers’. Therefore three-fingered and two-fingered is more analogically correct. There are now many scientific publications that recognise this as the correct terminology for these animals. 🦥 | The Sloth Conservation Foundation