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Bradypus
Linnaeus, 1758
- three-toed tree sloths
(mammal)
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Bradypodidae (Family) - three-toed tree sloths
..Bradypus (Genus) - three-toed tree sloths
....Bradypus pygmaeus (Species) - pygmy three-toed sloth
....Bradypus torquatus (Species) - maned sloth
....Bradypus tridactylus (Species) - pale-throated sloth
....Bradypus variegatus (Species) - brown-throated sloth
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1735.
Syst. Nat.
[ed. 1]
: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 34.
Unavailable original rank
:
Types
Type of
:
Bradypodidae
(Family)
Batsch, 1788
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Bradypus tridactylus
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
1901
[
new
]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Bradypus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Scaeopus
(Genus)
Peters, 1864
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
drievingerige luiaards
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
three-toed tree sloths
:
three-toed sloths
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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