Published December 31, 2005
| Version v1
Taxonomic treatment
Open
Bradypus torquatus Illiger 1811
Authors/Creators
Description
Bradypus torquatus Illiger 1811
Bradypus torquatus Illiger 1811, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 109.
Type Locality: "Brasilia;" restricted to the Atlantic drainage of the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, by Wetzel and Avila-Pires (1980).
Vernacular Names: Maned Sloth.
Synonyms: Bradypus affinis Gray 1850; Bradypus crinitus Gray 1850; Bradypus cristatus Hamilton-Smith 1827; Bradypus mareyi (Anthony 1907); Bradypus melanotis Swainson 1835.
Distribution: Coastal forests of SE Brazil.
Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.
Discussion: Some authors believe erroneously that B. torquatus Illiger, 1811, is a nomen nudum and attribute the name to Desmarest (1816 a).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Pilosa, pp. 100-103 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 100, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Files
Files
(1.2 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:583836df7d0fb2b79a1e00f869bb7c9b
|
1.2 kB | Download |
System files
(9.3 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:6619cf2b1df8260e53cddd69e2ba4701
|
9.3 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/682EECBD8050E899ACB3FB6AFA17239D (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/6DEEEA5559383659D010DF21AC71BCF0 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231536574 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Illiger
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Pilosa
- Family
- Bradypodidae
- Genus
- Bradypus
- Species
- torquatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bradypus torquatus Illiger, 1811 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Illiger, C. D. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis uttriusque classis. Salfeld, Berlin, 301 pp.
- Wetzel, R. M., and F. D. de Avila-Pires. 1980. Identification and distribution of the Recent sloths of Brazil (Edentata). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 40: 831 - 836.
- Gray, J. E. 1850. Catalogue of the specimens of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cetacea. British Museum (Natural History), London, 153 pp.
- Desmarest, A. G. 1816 a. Bradype, Bradypus, Linn.; Erxleben; Cuv.; Illiger, etc.; Tardigradus, Brisson; Choloepus et Prochilus, Illiger. Pp. 319 - 328, in Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquee aux arts, a l'agriculture, a l'economie rurale et domestique, a la medecine, etc. par une societe de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs, Nouv. ed. Ch. Deterville, Paris, 4: 1 - 602.