Choloepus hoffmanni Peters 1858

Choloepus hoffmanni Peters 1858, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1858: 128.

Type Locality: " Costa Rica;" restricted to Escazú, San José, by Goodwin (1946); corrected to Heredia, Volcán Barbara, by Wetzel and Avila-Pires (1980).

Vernacular Names: Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Choloepus hoffmanni subsp. hoffmanni Peters 1858

Subspecies Choloepus hoffmanni subsp. capitalis J. A. Allen 1913

Subspecies Choloepus hoffmanni subsp. florenciae J. A. Allen 1913

Subspecies Choloepus hoffmanni subsp. juruanus Lönnberg 1942

Subspecies Choloepus hoffmanni subsp. pallescens Lönnberg 1928

Distribution: Central America (Nicaragua) into South America east to W Venezuela and south to Brazil (Mato Grosso) and E Bolivia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Costa Rica); IUCN – Data Deficient.