Bradypus torquatus Desmarest, 1816

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 52-57 : 53

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scientific name	Bradypus torquatus Desmarest, 1816
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Bradypus torquatus Desmarest, 1816 . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. Paris, Applique au Arts and Agr., 2nd ed., 4:353.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal forests of S.E. Brazil, probably now restricted to Atlantic drainage of Bahia, Espirito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro; formerly north to Rio Grande del Norte. See Wetzel and Avila-Pires, 1980, Rev. Brasil BioL, 40:834.

COMMENT: B. torquatus liliger, 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium., p. 108, is a nomen nudum; see Thomas, 1917, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 19:352.

PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301407002001003001.