External Description
Size: 50-60 cm long
8.75 lbs
Symmetry: Bilateral
Color: Black around eyes, cream face and underarms, with a full body coat enriched with mixtures of ash gray and faded mahogany
Body Covering: The sloth is coated with thick fur to protect it from exterior conditions. Underneath the fur is a coat of skin infested with beatles that eat ticks that would otherwise bother the sloth
Eyes: Beady black eyes, sloths do not rely much on vision
Nostril: Two nostrils, about one cm in diameter
Ear: Very small ears designed to hear low frequency sounds