Mineral-Lick Use By Choloepus hoffmanni (Pilosa: Megalonychidae) At Las Cruces Biological Station, Coto Brus, Costa Rica

Diego A. Gómez-Hoyos; José F. González-Maya; Jesús Pacheco; Rocío Seisdedos-Vergara; César L. Barrio-Amorós; Gerardo Ceballos

doi:10.1894/0038-4909-62.4.278

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Diego A. Gómez-Hoyos,¹ José F. González-Maya,^1,* Jesús Pacheco,² Rocío Seisdedos-Vergara,¹ César L. Barrio-Amorós,³ Gerardo Ceballos²

¹ProCAT Colombia/Internacional & Fundación The Sierra to Sea Institute Costa Rica, Las Alturas, Punta
²Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70-275, México 04510
³Doc Frog Expeditions, Uvita de Osa, Costa Rica (CLBA)

^*Correspondent: jfgonzalezmaya@gmail.com

Abstract

To date, only one record of mineral licking exists for sloths (i.e., Choloepus didactylus) from Ecuador. Here we present the first record of mineral licking for C. hoffmanni from a tropical rainforest in Costa Rica. This behavior has been mainly associated with detoxification in herbivores, but no evidence exists for such needs in sloths.

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Diego A. Gómez-Hoyos, José F. González-Maya, Jesús Pacheco, Rocío Seisdedos-Vergara, César L. Barrio-Amorós, and Gerardo Ceballos "Mineral-Lick Use By Choloepus hoffmanni (Pilosa: Megalonychidae) At Las Cruces Biological Station, Coto Brus, Costa Rica," The Southwestern Naturalist 62(4), 278-280, (1 December 2017). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-62.4.278

Received: 3 November 2016; Accepted: 8 August 2017; Published: 1 December 2017

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