Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1858 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1858:128.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Costa Rica;" restricted to San José, Escazii, by Goodwin (1946); corrected to Heredia, Volcân Barbara, by Wetzel and Avila-Pires (1980) .

DISTRIBUTION: Central America (Nicaragua) into South America east to W Venezuela and south to Brazil (Mato Grosso) and E Bolivia.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Costa Rica).

SYNONYMS: andinus J. A. Allen, 1913; augustinus J. A. Allen, 1913; capitalis J. A. Allen, 1913; florenciae J. A. Allen, 1913; juruanus Lönnberg, 1942; pallescens Lönnberg, 1928; peruvianus Menegaux, 1906.