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Choloepus didactylus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 624908

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Choloepus hoffmanni florenciae J. A. Allen, 1913
  
    Bradypus didactylus Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Bradypus unau Link, 1795
  
    Bradypus kouri Daudin, 1802
  
    Bradypus curi Link, 1795
  
    Choloepus guianensis Fitzinger, 1871
  
    Choloepus brasiliensis Fitzinger, 1871
  
    Choloepus didaetylus Thomas, 1893
  
    Choloepus florenciae J. A. Allen, 1913
  
    Choloepus napensis Lönnberg, 1922
  
    Choloepus didactylus columbianus Gray, 1871
  
  Common Name(s): Southern Two-toed Sloth [English]
  
    Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifčres, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPilosa Flower, 1883 – sloths, anteaters  
                                  SuborderFolivora Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope and Douzery, 2001 – sloths  
                                     FamilyMegalonychidae Ameghino, 1889 – Two-toed Sloths  
                                        GenusCholoepus Illiger, 1811 – two-toed sloths  
                                           SpeciesCholoepus didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Southern Two-toed Sloth, Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Choloepus didactylus    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gardner, Alfred L., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammals of South America, Vol. 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats   
  Page(s): xx + 669   
  Publisher: University of Chicaco Press   
  Publication Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-226-28240-6   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Choloepus didactylus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Choloepus didactylus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Choloepus didactylus, Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Choloepus didactylus, Southern Two-toed Sloth [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Data Deficient  
    Comments: Reviewed by Wetzel and Avila-Pires (1980). Treated here as monotypic; needs revision  
 

 

    

 
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