A new cute little face is hanging around at the Dallas Zoo.
The Dallas Zoo on Thursday announced the birth of a Linne’s two-toed sloth pup at the facility. It was the first time that a sloth pup was born at the zoo in more than 40 years, according to a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
“This little one was born on Oct. 19 to first-time parents Tommi and Riley,” the post read.
The pup is strong, active and eating solid foods, the post added.
Linne’s two-toed sloths, also known as Linnaeus’s two-toed sloths, are native to South America, and are not among the sloth species considered endangered, according to the World Wildlife Fund website.
Some threats for the species do exist, the website states, including “habitat loss and fragmentation and the illegal wildlife trade.”
Sloths feed mostly on leaves, fruit and sap of various trees, according to the wildlife fund. The animals spend most of their lives hanging on tree branches and eat very little due to their slow metabolism.