Choloepus hoffmanni Peters 1858

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Pilosa, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 100-103 : 101

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Choloepus hoffmanni Peters 1858
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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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Pilosa

Family

Megalonychidae

Genus

Choloepus

Loc

Choloepus hoffmanni Peters 1858

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Choloepus hoffmanni

Peters 1858: 128
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