The studied sloths seemedto behighly selective interms ofhabitat
features at the lower scales. Sloths are known to stay for several
days in the same tree or forest patch (Montgomery and Sunquist,
1975; Queiroz, 1995; GAFG, pers. obs.). Thus, we anticipated high
selectivity atthese scales. As expected for a non-leaping and cryptic
arboreal mammal, structuralfeatures linked to canopy connectivity
(connected crows and with lianas) and vegetation complexity (high
tree densities and well-developed foliage in the higher stratum)
were selected by the sloths’ at both the patch and tree scales.
These features, linked to tree connectivity and animal crypticity,
are commonly preferred also by other sloth species (Montgomery
and Sunquist, 1978; Acevedo-Quintero et al., 2011).