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Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825

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Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825. Das Thierreich, 1:510.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, possibly Bahia.

DISTRIBUTION: E. Honduras to S.E. Brazil, Prov. Misiones (N.E. Argentina), west to S. E. Bolivia and N.W. Argentina, and E. Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

COMMENT: Includes boliviensis, griseus, and infuscatus; see Wetzel and Kock, 1973, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 86:27; Wetzel and Avila-Pires, 1980, Rev. Brasil. BioL, 40:833; Wetzel, 1982, in Montgomery, ed., The evolution and ecology of sloths, anteaters and armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra = Edentata), Smithson. Inst. Press, Washington, D.C. Type locality discussed by Mertens, 1925, Senckenberg. BioL, 7: 23.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as B. boliviensis. CITES - Appendix III as B. griseus (Costa Rica).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301407002001001001 as B. boliviensis only.

5301407002001002001 as B. infuscatus only.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, pp. 52-57 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352995

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7352995 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF8EFFAC3C33A238FFFAFFB2CC3F2B70 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03B787D43C32A239FF1EFBCCC8802DB2 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/205122740 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/193506/taxon/03B787D43C32A239FF1EFBCCC8802DB2.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Schinz
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Edentata
Family
Bradypodidae
Genus
Bradypus
Species
variegatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • 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.
  • Mertens, R. 1925. Verzeichnis der Saugetier-Typen des Senckenbergischen Museums. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 7: 18 - 37.