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Reggie, a Linne's two-toed sloth who has moved into Dudley Zoo from the Isle of Wight joining a collection of monkeys

North America's largest salamander, the two-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma means) grows to nearly four feet long and resembles a big black eel with scrawny little legs.

Both species, Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus's two-toed sloth) and Choloepus hoffmanni (Hoffmann's two-toed sloth) exhibit the condition, and all supernumerary teeth are located in the right maxillary toothrow.

The Linne's two-toed sloth is predicted to be a big draw at the zoo this summer along with father Enrique and mother Natja.

London, July 25 ( ANI ): Scientists have revealed the hidden sexual habits of Hoffmann's two-toed sloths.

Two-toed sloths, for one, have darker brown coats than the three-toed varieties, while maned three-toed sloths have darker brown heads and necks than other three-toed sloths.

/ She was a three-toed tree toad, / but a two-toed toad was he.

In "How To Draw Magnificent Mammals", artist and illustrator Earl Phelps draws upon his more than 30 years of experience and expertise in the field to create a fun and effective 'how to' book for children wanting to learn how to accurately and easily draw all manner of animals including the two-toed sloth, a polar bear, an African elephant, a pipistrelle bat, a dingo, a markhor, a walrus, a giraffe, an hyena, a rhinoceros, a wart hog, a leopard, a baboon, a slender loris, a red kangaro, a llama, an aardvark, a gorilla, and a lion.

Instead, she will be rubbing shoulders with marmosets, iguanas and two-toed sloths who will roam free in the trees set in the tropical house.

Fellow BBC presenter Gerry Anderson also has a go at impersonating Gerri the giraffe, while former Blue Peter girl Zoe Salmon does Jasmine the two-toed sloth.

There they will find two-toed sloths and marmosets and come eye-to-eye with these mischievous primates in their new home.

And should they need to defend themselves, their two-toed feet and powerful legs are potentially lethal.

Other new additions include two goldenhead lion tamarins, two two-toed sloths and hundreds of tiny baby seahorses.

Some of those studies have suggested that the treed-welling lifestyle of all living varieties of two-toed and three-toed sloths evolved only once.