Meet the new face of Veragua Rainforest

Visitors from all over the world come to Veragua to experience the rainforest, and they are always excited to see sloths, Jimenez noted.

Costa Rica has two species of sloths – there are six in the world. The sloth featured in the new logo is the Three-fingered Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus), which is the most well-known due to its “raccoon-like” mask and face that looks like it is smiling. The other species is the Hoffmann’s Two-fingered sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), which is larger, champagne to dark brown in color, with a light colored face, brown eye rings, and a muzzle-like snout. You can see both kinds of sloth in the Veragua Rainforest.

And you can celebrate International Sloth Day on October 20! The annual holiday calls attention to the lives and natural habitat of tropical sloths, native to Central and South America.

Veragua Rainforest is passionately dedicated to conservation and protecting the rainforest where sloths and millions of other animals and plants live. Their Foundation for Rainforest Research (the Veragua Foundation) provides world-class scientific research on rainforest organisms and climate change and offers educational study programs to high schools and universities around the world.

The cute and colorful red-eyed treefrog that has been the symbol of Veragua Rainforest since it opened in 2008 is not retired yet! He now serves as the logo of the Veragua Foundation.