![i-076b29e7d8aabc6cc1d006f29c3bda33-Bradypus tridactylus Linn.[5].jpg](http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/wp-content/blogs.dir/280/files/2012/04/i-076b29e7d8aabc6cc1d006f29c3bda33-Bradypus tridactylus Linn.[5].jpg)
This illustration of a rather jovial looking Bradypus tridactylus (three-toed sloth) comes from Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber's Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen ['Mammals Illustrated after Nature with Descriptions', 1774, Vol I II & III].
(HT to BibliOdyssey)
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