Bradypus pygmaeus

Bradypus pygmaeus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Folivora

Familia: Bradypodidae
Genus: Bradypus
Species: Bradypus pygmaeus

Nome

Bradypus pygmaeus Anderson & Handley, 2001: 17

• Holotype: USNM 579179, adult ♀, skin and skull.
• Località tipo: “Panamá, Bocas del Toro: Isla Escudo de Veraguas, West Point”.

Riferimenti

Primary references

• Anderson, R.P. & Handley, C.O. 2001. A new species of three-toed sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Panama, with a review of the genus Bradypus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114(1): 1–33. BHL Reference page. 

Collegamenti

• Bradypus pygmaeus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editor) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Bradypus pygmaeus  (Endangered)

Nomi comuni

català: Peresós pigmeu
English: Pygmy Three-toed Sloth
italiano: Bradipo pigmeo
polski: Leniwiec karłowaty
português do Brasil: Preguiça-anã