Does sneak attack apply to a sunder attempt on a creature's vulnerable spot?


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The Peluda has a vulnerable tail. Here's the description from its stat block:

Vulnerable Tail:
A peluda can be killed by severing its tail from its body. Any attack that is not an attempt to sever its tail affects the body, including area attacks or attacks that cause piercing or bludgeoning damage. To sever the tail, an opponent must make a sunder attempt with a slashing weapon targeting the tail. The tail is considered a separate weapon with hardness 5 and hit points equal to the peluda's HD. To sever the tail, the opponent must inflict enough damage on a single blow to reduce the tail's hit points to 0 or less.

A peluda can't attack with a severed tail and thereafter automatically suffers 2d6 points of bleed damage each round until it dies.

Suppose that a peluda is in combat, with Bob Fighter standing in front of it, and Ronia Rogue behind. It's flanked. Ronia tries to slice off its tail with her Elven Curve Blade. The peluda misses her with its AoO, and her CMB check succeeds.

Does Ronia get to add her sneak attack dice to the damage roll?

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