Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825 . Das Thierreich, 4:510.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Südamerika;" restricted to Brazil by Mertens (1925) who suggested that the type may have come from Bahia .

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

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: ai Wagler, 1831 (preoccupied); beniensis Lönnberg, 1942; boliviensis Gray, 1871; brachydactylus Wagner, 1855; brasiliensis Blainville, 1840; castaneiceps Gray, 1871; codajazensis Lönnberg, 1942; dorsalis Fitzinger, 1871; ecuadorianus Spillmann, 1927; ephippiger Philippi, 1870; gorgon Thomas, 1926; griseus Gray, 1871; infuscatus Wagler, 1831; ignavus Goldman, 1913; macrodon Thomas, 1917; marmoratus Gray, 1850; miritibae Lönnberg, 1942; nefandus Spillmann, 1927; pallidus Wagner, 1844; problematicus Gray, 1850; subjuruanus Lönnberg, 1942; tocantinus Lönnberg, 1942; trivittatus Cornalia, 1849; unicolor Fitzinger, 1871; ustus Lesson, 1840; violeta Thomas, 1917 .