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Bradypus variegatus variegatus  Schinz, 1825
Taxonomic Serial No.: 727636

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Bradypus dorsalis Fitzinger, 1871
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPilosa Flower, 1883 – sloths, anteaters  
                                  SuborderFolivora Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope and Douzery, 2001 – sloths  
                                     FamilyBradypodidae Gray, 1821 – Three-toed Sloths  
                                        GenusBradypus Linnaeus, 1758  
                                           SpeciesBradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825 – Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth, Brown-throated Sloth  
                                              SubspeciesBradypus variegatus variegatus Schinz, 1825  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gardner, Alfred L., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
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  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   
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  Reference for: Bradypus variegatus variegatus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  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   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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