Bradypus variegatus

H. R. Schinz, 1825

Brown-throated 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

Schinz, H.R. 1825. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. Vierter Band. Zoophyten. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 793 pp.

Original name as described

Bradypus variegatus

Other common names

Bolivian Three-toed Sloth · Brown-throated Sloth

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4313

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Südamerika." Restricted by R. Mertens in 1925 to "Brasilien (wahrscheinlich Bahia)" (= Brazil, probably Bahia).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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