Bradypus torquatus

Illiger, 1811

Northern Maned Three-toed Sloth

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Xenarthra
Order : Pilosa
Suborder : Folivora
Family : Bradypodidae
Genus : Bradypus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. Sumptibus C. Salfeld, Berlin, 301 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48453814

Original name as described

Bradypus torquatus

Other common names

Brazilian Three-toed Sloth · Maned Sloth · Northern Maned Sloth

Type material

ZMB:Mam:1895

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by R. M. Wetzel and F. D. de Avila-Pires in 1980 to ‘‘the Atlantic drainage of Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro,'' Brazil and further restricted by S. M. Vaz in 2003 to areas around Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included B. crinitus

Taxonomy notes citation

Miranda, F. R., Garbino, G. S., Machado, F. A., Perini, F. A., Santos, F. R., & Casali, D. M. (2022). Taxonomic revision of maned sloths, subgenus Bradypus (Scaeopus), Pilosa, Bradypodidae, with revalidation of Bradypus crinitus Gray, 1850. Journal of Mammalogy, gyac059.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000430

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Bradypus affinis

J. E. Gray, 1850

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.4.21.3, BMNH:Mamm:1847.4.6.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c5b26ba-9582-4eab-be77-e8425efe7ab5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52ce9dd6-e874-41fe-b6f0-60bb18b74c45

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572487

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Bradypus torquatus

Illiger, 1811

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB:Mam:1895

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48453814

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3036/210442361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Acheus torquatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

melanotis

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

melanotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

100

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Gardner (2005:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Bradypus Cristatus

Griffith, C. H. Smith, & Pidgeon, 1825

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

cristatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

278

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33268259

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Bradypus melanotus

Swainson, 1835

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

melanotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

208

Authority publication

London

Hemibradypus Mareyi

(R. Anthony, 1907)

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

mareyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7085364

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

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