coral-bean vs Maned sloth

Erythrina fusca compared with Bradypus torquatus

Key Differences

• coral-bean is Least Concern while Maned sloth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Maned sloth
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Pilosa (Sloths & Anteaters)
Family	Fabaceae	Bradypodidae (Three-toed Sloths)
Genus	Erythrina	Bradypus (Three-toed Sloths)
Species	Erythrina fusca	Bradypus torquatus

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Maned sloth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Maned sloth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Maned sloth

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.