Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Pilosa Flower, 1883 - sloths
       Suborder Folivora Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope & Douzery, 2001
         Family Megalonychidae Gervais, 1855 - West Indian sloths and two-toed tree sloths
           Genus Choloepus Illiger, 1811 - two-toed tree sloths
             Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1858 - Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
               Choloepus hoffmanni pallescens Lönnberg, 1928