On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis 5,810 kilometers (3,610 miles) between Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, and Paris, France, in 33 hours, 30 minutes.
They are classified in the order Pilosa because they are related to anteaters, which sport a similar set of specialized claws. Extinct sloth species include many megafaunal ground sloths, some of which attained the size of elephants, as well as a few species of marine sloths. Extant sloths are medium-sized arboreal (tree-dwelling) residents of the jungles of Central and South America.
There are two species of two-toed sloth in South America  (Choloepus hoffmanni or Unau) found in the forested regions of northern South America from Ecuador to Costa Rica, and (Choloepus didattylus) in Brazil.wo-toed Sloth. ClipArt.com. Closely related to armadillos and anteaters, sloths originated in South America in the Late Eocene period, the dawn of recent life, when South America became became home to a unique zoo of hoofed mammals, edentates, marsupials, and more giant flightless birds (Phorusrachids)..