Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Pilosa, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 100-103 : 100

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scientific name

Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825
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Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825 View in CoL

Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825 View in CoL , Das Thierreich, 4: 510.

Type Locality: "Sudamerika;" restricted to Brazil by Mertens (1925) who suggested that the type may have come from Bahia.

Vernacular Names: Brown-throated Sloth.

Synonyms: Bradypus braziliensis Sanderson 1949 ; Bradypus infumatus Tschudi 1845 ; Bradypus rifuscatus Cornelia 1849 ; Bradypus speculiger Fitzinger 1871 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. variegatus Schinz 1825

Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. boliviensis Gray 1871

Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. brasiliensis Blainville 1840

Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. ephippiger Philippi 1870

Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. gorgon Thomas 1926

Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. infuscatus Wagler 1831

Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. trivittatus Cornalia 1849

Distribution: Honduras to Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, W Venezuela, E Perú and Bolivia, Paraguay, and N Argentina.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: The literature contains the following unavailable names: braziliensis Sanderson, 1949 [incorrect subsequent spelling of brasiliensis Blainville ]; infumatus Tschudi, 1845 [incorrect subsequent spelling of infuscatus Wagler ]; rifuscatus Cornelia, 1849 [incorrect subsequent spelling of infuscatus Wagler ]; speculiger Fitzinger, 1871 [nomen nudum].

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Pilosa

Family

Bradypodidae

Genus

Bradypus

Loc

Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Bradypus variegatus

Schinz 1825: 510
1825
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