Bradypus Linnaeus, 1758

Alfred L. Gardner, 1993, Order Xenarthra, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 63-68 : 63

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Bradypus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:34 View Cited Treatment .

TYPE SPECIES: Bradypus tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation ( Miller and Rehn, 1901).

SYNONYMS: Acheus F. Cuvier, 1825 ; Arctopithecus Gray, 1850 (preoccupied); Eubradypus Lönnberg, 1942 ; Hemibradypus Anthony, 1906 ; Ignavus Blumenbach, 1779 ; Scaeopus Peters, 1865 .

COMMENTS: Avila-Pires (in Wetzel and Avila-Pires, 1980) considered Scaeopus a separate genus.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Xenarthra
Family	Bradypodidae

Bradypus Linnaeus, 1758

Alfred L. Gardner 1993

1993

Bradypus

Linnaeus 1758: 34

1758

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