syntopic populations of two- (C. hoffmanni) and threetoed
sloth (B. variegatus) in the same shade-grown
agro-ecosystem where viability analyses were conducted
(Peery & Pauli 2014) to explore whether greater habitat
and resource specialization by the three-toed sloth could
be contributing to its relatively low viability in this
altered landscape (Peery & Pauli 2014). Specifically, we
quantified tree use and macro-habitat selection for both
two- and three-toed sloths across a range of different
habitats presentwithin the agro-ecosystem.We predicted
that diversity of tree species used would be greatest in
tropical forests, intermediate in shade-grown cocoa, and
lowest in pasture for both species and that the three-toed
sloth would exhibit stronger selection for patches of intact
forest and greater avoidance of cattle pastures than the
two-toed sloth.