Bradypodidae, Gray, 1821
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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/00030090-417.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E587EC-FFA3-FFA4-74BC-FF008148FDA7 |
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Carolina |
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Bradypodidae |
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Sloths ( Bradypodidae View in CoL and Megalonychidae )
The taxonomy of Recent sloths remains unrevised, and the current application of names is based on decades-old conventions that are now being challenged by molecular analyses. Morphological examination of available specimens from the Yavarí-Ucayali interfluve suggest that only a single species each of Bradypus (threetoed sloths, Bradypodidae ) and Choloepus (twotoed sloths, Megalonychidae ) occur here, although a second species of Choloepus might also be expected.
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