Bradypus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Pilosa
Subordo: Folivora
Familia: Bradypodidae
Genus: Bradypus
Species: B. pygmaeus - B. torquatus - B. tridactylus - B. variegatus

[edit] Name

Bradypus Linnaeus, 1758

Type species: B. tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758

[edit] Synonyms

• Achaeus Erman, 1835
• Acheus F. Cuvier, 1825
• Arctopithecus Gray, 1850
• Eubradypus Lönnberg, 1942
• Hemibradypus Anthony, 1906
• Ignavus Blumenbach, 1779
• Scaeopus Peters, 1864

[edit] Vernacular names

[edit] References

• Bradypus on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Linnaeus: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1: 34.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214