Choloepus

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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: Megalonychidae
Genus: Choloepus
Species: C. didactylus - C. hoffmanni

[edit] Name

Choloepus Illiger, 1811

Type species: Bradypus didactylus Linnaeus, 1758

[edit] Synonyms

• Chaelops
• Choelopus
• Cholaepus
• Cholopus Agassiz, 1847
• Unaues Rafinesque, 1815
• Unaus Gray, 1821
• Unaüs Rafinesque, 1815

[edit] Vernacular names

[edit] References

• Choloepus 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).
• Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium., p. 108.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214