Choloepus hoffmanni

Choloepus hoffmanni

Taxonavigation

Pagina principale
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 hoffmanni
Subspecies: C. h. capitalis – C. h. florenciae – C. h. juruanus – C. h. pallescens

Name

Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1858

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

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

References

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