I-pygmy-toed sloth (uBradypus pygmaeus) yahlukaniswa njengenhlobo ehlukile ngo-2001.
Ukusatshalaliswa kwepygmy izinzwane ezintathu.
I-pygmy sloth-toed sloth yaziwa kuphela esiqhingini sase-Isla Escudo de Veraguas, esiqhingini saseBocas del Toro, esiseduze nePanama, e-17.6 km ukusuka ezwekazini. Indawo yokuhlala incane ngokwedlulele futhi inendawo engaba ngu-4.3 km2.
Indawo yokuhlala i-pygmy enezinzwane ezintathu.
I-pygmy sloth enezinzwane ezintathu ihlala endaweni encane yamahlathi abomvu omhlume. Ihamba futhi ingene maphakathi nesiqhingi, iye ehlathini lemvula eliminyene.
Izimpawu zangaphandle zepygmy enezinzwane ezintathu.
I-pygmy-toed sloth inezinhlobo ezintathu ezisanda kutholakala, ezinomzimba wobude obungu-485 - 530 mm nangaphansi kwalowo wezwekazi. Ubude bomsila: 45 - 60 mm. Isisindo 2.5 - 3.5 kg. Ihlukile ezinhlotsheni ezihlobene ngokuba khona kweminwe emithathu ngaphambili, isifonyo esimbozwe yizinwele.
Kuma-sloth amathathu anezinzwane ezintathu, izinwele zikhula ziye kolunye uhlangothi kuqhathaniswa nezilwane eziningi, ukuze amanzi ageleze ngesikhathi semvula, hhayi okuphambene nalokho. Ubuso bunengubo emnyama ephuzi nezindilinga ezimnyama ezizungeze amehlo.
Uboya obusekhanda nasemahlombe bude futhi buphaphathekile, ngokungafani noboya obufushane bobuso, obubukeka sengathi lawa ma-sloth ambozwe isigqoko. Umphimbo unombala onsundu ngokumpunga, ijazi ngemuva linamachashaza ngomugqa omnyama ophakathi. Abesilisa "banesibuko" sangemuva esinezinwele ezingacacile. Ama-sloths anezinzwane ezintathu anamazinyo ayi-18 esewonke. Ukhakhayi luncane, imengamo ye-zygomatic ayiphelele, inezimpande ezinhle. Umsele wokuhlola wangaphandle mkhulu. Njengamanye ama-sloth, umthetho wokushisa komzimba awuphelele.
AmaSloths anephethini yokufihla engajwayelekile ewasiza azifihle. Uboya babo buvame ukumbozwa ulwelwe, okunika ijazi umbala ohlaza okotshani, okusiza ukufihla ezilwaneni eziyingozi ezindaweni ezihlala ehlathini.
Ukudla ipygmy izinzwane ezintathu.
Ama-sloths amancane amancane anezinambuzane, adla amaqabunga ezihlahla ezahlukahlukene. Ukudla okunjalo kunika umzimba amandla amancane, ngakho-ke lezi zilwane zinomzimba ophansi kakhulu.
Inani le-sloth esinezinyawo ezintathu.
I-sloth esinezinyawo ezintathu ibonakala ngenani elincane kakhulu. Akukho lwazi oluqondile ngenani eliphelele lalezi zilwane. Amahlathi emihlume akha ngaphansi kuka-3% wensimu yesiqhingi, ama-sloth ahlala ekujuleni kwamahlathi esiqhingi asendaweni eyenza u-0.02% wendawo yonke yesiqhingi. Kule ndawo encane, kwatholakala ama-sloth angu-79 kuphela, ama-70 emihlume kanti ayisishiyagalolunye emihlangeni esemaphethelweni ehlathi. Ukuchichima kungenzeka kuphakeme kunokucabanga kwangaphambilini, kepha kusalinganiselwe ebangeni elincane. Ngenxa yokuziphatha kwabo okuyimfihlo, inani eliphansi labantu kanye nehlathi eliminyene, lezi zilwane ezincelisayo kunzima ukuzibona.
Izinsongo zokuba khona kwepygmy izinzwane ezintathu.
Lesi siqhingi, lapho kutholakala khona ama-pygmy ama-sloth-toed sloths, asihlali muntu, nezivakashi ezithile zonyaka (abadobi, abalimi, abadobi bama-lobster, abatshuzi, izivakashi nabantu bendawo abatheza izinkuni zokwakha izindlu).
Usongo olukhulu ebukhoneni bezinhlobo ukwehla kwezinga lokwehlukahluka kofuzo kwamaphegmoth sloths ngenxa yokuba kude kude nezwe lasePanama nokuhlukaniswa kwesiqhingi. Ngakho-ke, kuyadingeka ukuhlola ngokuqhubekayo isimo sabantu nokwenza ucwaningo olwengeziwe. Ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha nakho kungaba yingozi ezinhlotsheni, kukhulisa isici sokuphazamiseka nokuwohloka okuqhubekayo kwendawo.
Ukuvikelwa kwepygmy izinzwane ezintathu.
Yize isiqhingi sase-Isla Escudo de Veraguas sivikelwe njengendawo yokugcina izilwane zasendle, isimo sendawo evikelekile sisetshenziswe kuso kusukela ngo-2009. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba ama-pygmy sloths eqala ukuthandwa umhlaba wonke, kunentshisekelo ekhulayo yokuwagcina ekuthunjweni. Kunesidingo sokwenza ngcono uhlelo lokusebenza kule ndawo evikelwe.
Ukukhiqizwa kabusha kwepygmy enezinzwane ezintathu.
Imininingwane yokukhwelana evela kwezinye izinhlobo zama-sloth ahlobene iphakamisa ukuthi abesilisa bancintisane nabesifazane. Mhlawumbe, abesilisa abangama-sloths anezinzwane ezintathu baziphatha ngendlela efanayo. Isikhathi sokuzala simakwa ngokuqala kwenkathi yemvula futhi siqala ngo-Agasti kuya ku-Okthoba. Izinsikazi zizala futhi zondle izingane ngezikhathi ezivumayo lapho kunokudla okuningi. Ukubeletha kwenzeka kusukela ngoFebhuwari kuya ku-Ephreli. Izinyane elilodwa lizalwa ngemuva kwesikhathi sokumitha izinyanga eziyisithupha. Izici zokunakekelwa kwezingane emathangeni amancane ezinzwane ezintathu azaziwa, kepha izinhlobo ezihlobene zinakekela abasha cishe izinyanga eziyisithupha.
Akwaziwa ukuthi mangaki ama-sloths anezinzwane ezintathu ahlala emvelweni, kepha ezinye izinhlobo zama-sloth zihlala ekuthunjweni iminyaka engama-30 kuye kwengama-40.
Ukuziphatha kwepygmy enezinzwane ezintathu.
Ama-sloths anezinzwane ezintathu ayizilwane ze-arboreal, yize ekwazi ukuhamba phansi futhi abhukude. Basebenza noma ngasiphi isikhathi sosuku, kepha isikhathi sabo esiningi balala noma bahola impilo yokuhlala phansi.
Lezi zilwane imvamisa zihlala zodwa futhi azijwayele ukuthuthela kwezinye izindawo. Ezingxenyeni ezincane ezinamazinyo amathathu, iziza ngazinye zincane, ngokwesilinganiso i-1.6 ha. Ukuzivikela kwabo ngokuyinhloko ezilwaneni ezidla ezinye kungumbala oguqukayo, ukunyenya, ukuhamba kancane nokuthula, okusiza ukugwema ukutholakala. Kodwa-ke, lapho uhlasela izitha, ama-sloth akhombisa ukusinda okumangazayo, ngoba anesikhumba esiqinile, ukubambelela okuqinile kanye nekhono elingavamile lokuphola emanxebeni amakhulu.
Isimo sokongiwa kwepygmy esinezinzwane ezintathu.
I-pygmy sloth-toed sloth ibhekene nokuncipha kwamanani ngenxa yobubanzi bayo obulinganiselwe, ukonakaliswa kwendawo, ukuvakasha nokuzingela okungekho emthethweni. Lezi zinkawu zifakwe kuhlu njengezisengozini yi-IUCN. I-pygmy sloth-toed sloth ibhalwe ku-Appendix II ye-CITES.
