Bradypus torquatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Megatherioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Folivora Superfamilia: Megatherioidea

Bradypus torquatus (Illiger, 1811)

Type locality: “Brasilia”; restricted to the Atlantic drainage of the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, by Wetzel & Ávila-Pires (1980: 834); further restricted to the vicinity of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by Vaz (2003: 3).

Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page.
Wetzel, R.M. & Ávila-Pires, F.D. 1980. Identification and distribution of the Recent sloths of Brazil (Edentata). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 40: 831–836. Full article (PDF)
Vaz, S.M. 2003. A localidade tipo da preguiça-de-coleira, Bradypus torquatus Illiger, 1811 (Xenarthra, Bradypodidae). Edentata 5: 1−4. Full article (PDF)

Lambertz, M. 2013. Notes on the original description of the maned three-toed sloth, Bradypus torquatus (Mammalia, Pilosa, Bradypodidae), by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger in 1811. Bionomina 6(1): 49–51. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.6.1.3

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