Bradypus
Appearance


Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Bradypodidae
Genus: Bradypus
Species (5): B. crinitus – B. pygmaeus – B. torquatus – B. tridactylus – B. variegatus
Name
[edit]Bradypus Linnaeus, 1758: 34 [conserved name]
- Type species: Bradypus tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Miller & Rehn (1901: 8).
- Gender: masculine.
- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 91 (1926: 1) and Direction 24 (1955: 221).
Synonyms
[edit]- Ignavus Blumenbach, 1779
- Acheus F. Cuvier, 1825
- Achaeus Erman, 1835
- Arctopithecus Gray, 1850
- Scaeopus Peters, 1864
- Hemibradypus Anthony, 1906
- Eubradypus Lönnberg, 1942
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
- Miller, Jr., G.S. & Rehn, J.A.G. 1901. Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 30(1): 1–352. BHL Reference page.
- International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page.
- International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 24. Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 219–246. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Miranda, F.R., Garbino, G.S.T., Machado, F.A., Perini, F.A., Santos, F.R. & Casali, D.M. 2023. Taxonomic revision of maned sloths, subgenus Bradypus (Scaeopus), Pilosa, Bradypodidae, with revalidation of Bradypus crinitus Gray, 1850. Journal of Mammalogy 104(1): 86–103. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyac059
Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- български: Трипръсти ленивци
- brezhoneg: Bradypodidae
- català: Peresós tridàctil
- Deutsch: Dreifinger-Faultiere
- English: Three-toed sloth
- Esperanto: Bradipo
- español: Perezoso de tres dedos
- suomi: Kolmivarvaslaiskiaiset
- français: Aï, bradype
- italiano: Bradipo
- 日本語: ミユビナマケモノ属
- Nederlands: Drievingerige luiaards
- polski: Leniwcowate
- português do Brasil: Preguiças-de-coleira
- русский: Трёхпалые ленивцы
- svenska: Tretåiga sengångare
- Türkçe: Üç parmaklı tembel hayvanlar
- 中文: 树懒属