Bradypus tridactylus

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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: Bradypus tridactylus

[edit] Name

Bradypus tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: "Americae meridionalis arboribus", Surinam (Thomas, 1911)

Holotype: ZSM 43

[edit] Synonyms

• Bradypus cuculliger Wagler, 1831
• Bradypus dysonii (Gray, 1869)
• Bradypus flaccidus (Gray, 1850)
• Bradypus gularis Rüppell, 1842
• Bradypus smithii (Gray, 1869)
• Bradypus flaccions Sanderson, 1949
• Acheus ai (Lesson, 1827)

[edit] References

• Bradypus tridactylus 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
• IUCN link: Bradypus tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758 (Least Concern)
• Bradypus tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758 Report on ITIS

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