Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus 1758)

[Bradypus] didactylus Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 35.

Type Locality: "Zeylona;" corrected to Surinam by Thomas (1911 a). Not British Guiana as stated by Tate (1939) .

Vernacular Names: Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth.

Synonyms: Choloepus brasiliensis Fitzinger 1871; Choloepus columbianus Gray 1871; Choloepus curi (Link 1795); Choloepus florenciae J. A. Allen 1913; Choloepus guianensis Fitzinger 1871; Choloepus kouri (Daudin 1802); Choloepus napensis Lönnberg 1922; Choloepus unau (Link 1795); Choloepus didaetylus Thomas 1893 .

Distribution: Guianas and Venezuela (delta and south of Río Orinoco) south into Brazil (Maranhão west along Rio Amazonas /Solimões) and west into upper Amazon Basin of Ecuador and Perú.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Reviewed by Wetzel and Avila-Pires (1980). Treated here as monotypic; needs revision.