Shaggy-coated arboreal mammal of Central and South America (5)

I believe the answer is:

sloth

(Other definitions for sloth that I've seen before include "reluctance to work" , "Arboreal creature" , "Laziness; slow mammal" , "Sluggishness" , "Idle creature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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