Bradypus variegatus

H. R. Schinz, 1825

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Xenarthra
Order : Pilosa
Suborder : Folivora
Superfamily : Megatherioidea
Family : Bradypodidae
Genus : Bradypus
Subgenus : Bradypus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schinz, H.R. 1825. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. Vierter Band. Zoophyten. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 793 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523927

Original name as described

Bradypus variegatus

Other common names

Bolivian Three-toed Sloth · Brown-throated Sloth

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4313

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Südamerika." Restricted by R. Mertens in 1925 to "Brasilien (wahrscheinlich Bahia)" (= Brazil, probably Bahia).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000432

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 48 names and synonyms.

Bradypus variegatus

H. R. Schinz, 1825

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4313

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

510

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523927

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1825:510, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  2. Wetzel & Avila-Pires (1980:833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72361)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Gardner (1993:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69004)
  7. Anderson (1997:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  8. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)
  9. Acevedo-Charry, Henao-Rodríguez & Morales-Martínez (2018:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69629)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Presslee, Slater, Pujos, Forasiepi, Fischer, Molloy, Mackie, Olsen, Kramarz, Taglioretti, Scaglia, Lezcano, Lanata, Southon, Feranec, Bloch, Hajduk, Martin, Salas-Gismondi, Reguero, Muizon, Greenwood, Chait, Penkman, Collins & MacPhee (2019:1125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57729)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3038/210442893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bradypus variegatus

H. R. Schinz, 1827

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62829951

Authority publication

Zurich

Bradypus Aï

Wagler, 1831

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

ai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

610

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512996

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Wagler (1831:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68628)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Bradypus infuscatus

Wagler, 1831

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

infuscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 1162

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

611

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512997

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Wagler (1831:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68628)
  2. Tschudi (1844:253, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
  3. Rapp (1852:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44804625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38709)
  4. Schmarda (1853:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)
  5. Murray (1866:341, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Fitzinger (1871:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67512)
  7. True (1885:588, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  8. Alfaro (1897:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  9. Allen (1897:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  10. Trouessart (1905:789, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
  11. Thomas (1928:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19808)

Bradypus tridactylus Brasiliensis

de Blainville, 1840

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57986921

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

  1. Blainville (1840:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57986921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37132)
  2. Vieira (1950:335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61585)

Acheus ustus

(Lesson, 1840)

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

ustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358462

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Bradypus pallidus

J. A. Wagner, 1844

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31058958

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1871:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67512)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9680)

Bradypus infumatus

von Tschudi, 1845

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

infumatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007989

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Bradypus rifuscatus

Cornalia, 1849

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

rifuscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58173686

Authority publication

Monza

Bradypus trivittatus

Cornalia, 1849

Family

Bradypodidae

Root name

trivittatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4, 12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58173678 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58173686

Authority publication

Monza

Name usages

Cornalia (1849:4, 12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58173678, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58173686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63917)

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