Quatro -> The Sloth Conservation Foundation states this about Quatro, “He is also the first documented sloth to have four toes!”.

She was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the oldest sloth living in captivity.

Paula -> in Germany, at the Zoologischer Garten Halle (Bergzoo), this Linnaeus’s sloth reached the age of 50 in 2019.

Okra Mae -> a Hoffman’s sloth that moved to The Saginaw Children’s Zoo (located in Michigan, U.S.A.) in February 2020.

Molasses -> a Linnaeus’s sloth, also known as “Mo”, this sloth loves his naps.

Miss C -> in Australia, at the Adelaide Zoo, this sloth made it to the age of 43.

Mervin -> a first-time parent (along with Honey) on April 8, 2020.

Lua -> a Linnaeus’s sloth, who was born at the Memphis Zoo (located in Tennessee, U.S.A.) on Ma(translated from Portuguese, her name is “Moon”).Lorenzo -> sloth #1 born at Brevard Zoo (located in Florida, U.S.A.).Jan -> also at the Krefeld Zoo in Germany, this sloth turned 46 in 2019.Jack -> The Sloth Conservation Foundation describes Jack as, “A true survivor after enduring a shock from power lines so strong that it would have killed most animals.”.Honey -> a first-time parent (along with Mervin) on April 8, 2020.Homer -> a Hoffman’s sloth, who, when moved to a new home in 2017, had his favourite tree also come to this new home.Lulu -> at the Krefeld Zoo in Germany, this sloth turned 45 in 2019.Foley -> a Hoffman’s sloth, who was born in December 2017 at the Topeka Zoo (located in Kansas, U.S.A.).Elio -> a Linnaeus’s sloth, born at the ZSL London Zoo (located in the United Kingdom) on April 30, 2019.B-Rad -> this sloth comes from Costa Rica.Charlotte Greenie -> Baby Ruth’s mother.Baby Ruth -> born in January 2018 to Charlotte Greenie and Elliot.I know that there are so many more cool given names that I did not come across in my research, but this is the list that I did manage to come up with:

I also imagined the process of coming up with a name for a sloth – especially a baby sloth – and how interesting that would be to do (as a side note, baby sloths are known as cubs). I had a lot of fun researching for this part of the article as some of the names that I found made me chuckle.

Megatherium (sometimes named a “giant ground sloth”)įor more information on sloth history and about these extinct species of sloths, check out my article titled “ Evolution Of Sloths – A Bit Of History“.Īfter discussing scientific sloth names, it is now time to have a bit more fun, as my focus now shifts to given sloth names.Some Scientific Names Of Sloths From The Pastįrom out of the history books, these are the biological/technical/scientific “official” sloth names of some of the extinct species of sloths: Bradypus pygmaeus (Pygmy sloth) -> a three-toed slothįor more information on the six species of sloths, check out my article titled “ Different Types Of Sloths – How Many Are There?”.Bradypus tridactylus (Pale-throated sloth) -> a three-toed sloth.Bradypus torquatus (Maned sloth) -> a three-toed sloth.Bradypus variegatus (Brown-throated sloth) -> a three-toed sloth.Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus’s sloth) -> a two-toed sloth.Choloepus hoffmanni (Hoffman’s sloth) -> a two-toed sloth.From a biological/technical/scientific perspective, the “official” sloth names are as follows: There are six species of sloths, which are divided into two categories: two-toed and three-toed. I will begin by presenting the scientific names of sloths from today, then going on to present some scientific names of sloths from the past, and finally going on to some cool given names of sloths that my research uncovered for me. This article, however, will focus on sloth names, both scientific and given ones. I have many names for sloths – cute, gentle, adorable, lovable, wonderful.

Sloth names