Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825 , Das Thierreich, 4: 510
Order Pilosa
Wilson, Don E.
Reeder, DeeAnn
N5F8
Schinz 1825
Schinz
1825
Mammalia
Bradypodidae
Bradypus
Animalia
Pilosa
100
Chordata
species
variegatus
Bradypus variegatusSchinz 1825, Das Thierreich, 4: 510.
Type Locality: "Sudamerika;" restricted to Brazilby Mertens (1925)who suggested that the type may have come from Bahia.
Vernacular Names: Brown-throated Sloth.
Synonyms: Bradypus braziliensisSanderson 1949; Bradypus infumatusTschudi 1845; Bradypus rifuscatusCornelia 1849; Bradypus speculigerFitzinger 1871.
Subspecies:: Subspecies Bradypus variegatussubsp. variegatusSchinz 1825 Subspecies Bradypus variegatussubsp. boliviensisGray 1871 Subspecies Bradypus variegatussubsp. brasiliensisBlainville 1840 Subspecies Bradypus variegatussubsp. ephippigerPhilippi 1870 Subspecies Bradypus variegatussubsp. gorgonThomas 1926 Subspecies Bradypus variegatussubsp. infuscatusWagler 1831 Subspecies Bradypus variegatussubsp. trivittatusCornalia 1849
Distribution: Hondurasto Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, W Venezuela, E Perúand Bolivia, Paraguay, and N Argentina.
Conservation: CITES– Appendix II; IUCN– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:The literature contains the following unavailable names: braziliensisSanderson, 1949[incorrect subsequent spelling of brasiliensisBlainville]; infumatusTschudi, 1845[incorrect subsequent spelling of infuscatusWagler]; rifuscatusCornelia, 1849[incorrect subsequent spelling of infuscatusWagler]; speculigerFitzinger, 1871[ nomen nudum].
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Brazil
100
Bahia