Choloepus hoffmanni

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Choloepus hoffmanni

[edit] Taxonavigation

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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: Choloepus hoffmanni
Subspecies: C. h. capitalis - C. h. florenciae - C. h. juruanus - C. h. pallescens

[edit] Name

Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1858

Type locality: "Costa Rica", Heredia, Volcán Barba (Wetzel and Avila-Pires, 1980)

[edit] Vernacular names

English: Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
Español: Unau
Français: Unau d'Hoffmann
Nederlands: Hoffmannluiaard
日本語: ホフマンナマケモノ
Polski: Leniwiec krótkoszyi, Leniwiec Hoffmana

[edit] References

  • Choloepus hoffmanni 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).
  • Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1858: 128.
  • Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214