Choloepus didactylus

Choloepus didactylus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Xenarthra
Ordo: Pilosa
Subordo: Folivora
Familia: Megalonychidae
Genus: Choloepus
Species: Choloepus didactylus

Name

Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "Zeylona", corrected to Surinam (Thomas, 1911)

Synonyms

• Bradypus didactylus Linnaeus, 1758

References

• Choloepus didactylus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp : page 35. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.542
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

English: Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth
Nederlands: Tweevingerige luiaard
日本語: フタユビナマケモノ
polski: Leniwiec dwupalczasty, Unau
português: Preguiça-de-dois-dedos, Preguiça-real