Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1859

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 52-57 : 53-54

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Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1859 . Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1858:128.

TYPE LOCALITY: Costa Rica, Heredia, Volcan Barbara .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Nicaragua to South America; west of Andes to Esmeraldas ( Ecuador); east of Andes to Rio Solimoes ( Peru) and N. Mato Grosso ( Brazil).

COMMENT: See Wetzel and Avila-Pires, 1980, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 40:834- 835, for discussion of type locality.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III ( Costa Rica).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301407002002002001.