Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825
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Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825
Bradypus 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.
Vernacular Names: Brown-throated Sloth.
Synonyms: Bradypus braziliensis Sanderson 1949 ; Bradypus infumatus Tschudi 1845 ; Bradypus rifuscatus Cornelia 1849 ; Bradypus speculiger Fitzinger 1871 .
Subspecies: :
Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. variegatus Schinz 1825
Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. boliviensis Gray 1871
Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. brasiliensis Blainville 1840
Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. ephippiger Philippi 1870
Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. gorgon Thomas 1926
Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. infuscatus Wagler 1831
Subspecies Bradypus variegatus subsp. trivittatus Cornalia 1849
Distribution: Honduras to Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, W Venezuela, E Perú and Bolivia, Paraguay, and N Argentina.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: The literature contains the following unavailable names: braziliensis Sanderson, 1949 [incorrect subsequent spelling of brasiliensis Blainville ]; infumatus Tschudi, 1845 [incorrect subsequent spelling of infuscatus Wagler ]; rifuscatus Cornelia, 1849 [incorrect subsequent spelling of infuscatus Wagler ]; speculiger Fitzinger, 1871 [nomen nudum].
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