Bradypus variegatus subsp. variegatus Schinz 1825
Bradypus variegatus subsp. variegatus Schinz 1825, Das Thierreich, 4: 510.
Type Locality: "Sudamerika;" restricted to Brazil by Mertens (1925) who suggested that the type may have come from Bahia.
Synonyms: Bradypus variegatus subsp. dorsalis Fitzinger 1871 .