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title: "Tweevingerige luiaard"
description: "Choloepus didactylus — Zoogdieren. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/linnaeus-s-two-toed-sloth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tweevingerige luiaard

> Choloepus didactylus — Zoogdieren. Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River.

- Scientific name: *Choloepus didactylus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1023
- Wikidata: [Q752691](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752691)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47100](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47100)

## Names

- en: Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth
- de: Eigentliches Zweifingerfaultier
- es: Perezosos de dos dedos de Lineo
- fr: Paresseux à deux doigts
- nl: Tweevingerige luiaard
- pt: Preguiça-real
- pl: Leniuchowiec dwupalczasty

## Countries with the most observations

EC (174), BR (93), GF (83), PE (56), CO (44), SR (28), GY (13)

## Summary

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River. There is now evidence suggesting the species' range expands into Bolivia. It's the largest extant sloth species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus%27s_two-toed_sloth

## Photo

![Tweevingerige luiaard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/linnaeus-s-two-toed-sloth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Arpingstone · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linnaeuss.two-toed.sloth.arp.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/linnaeus-s-two-toed-sloth?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).