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Bradypodidae
Taxonomy
Bradypidae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalonychidae by Adam (1999); it was corrected as Bradypodidae by Bonaparte (1850), Flower (1883), Cope (1889), Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Gadow (1898), Jaekel (1911), Nowak (1991), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Tarigradae by Gray (1821); to Ungulata by Gray (1825); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Pilosa by Flower (1883); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889) and Gadow (1898); to Tardigradi by Jaekel (1911); to Xenarthra by Nowak (1991); to Folivora by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Eufolivora by Varela et al. (2019).
It was synonymized subjectively with Megalonychidae by Adam (1999); it was corrected as Bradypodidae by Bonaparte (1850), Flower (1883), Cope (1889), Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Gadow (1898), Jaekel (1911), Nowak (1991), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Tarigradae by Gray (1821); to Ungulata by Gray (1825); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Pilosa by Flower (1883); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Xenarthra by Cope (1889) and Gadow (1898); to Tardigradi by Jaekel (1911); to Xenarthra by Nowak (1991); to Folivora by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Eufolivora by Varela et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Bradypidae Gray p. 304 |
| 1825 | Bradypidae Gray p. 343 |
| 1850 | Bradypodidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1883 | Bradypodidae Flower p. 184 |
| 1889 | Bradypodidae Cope p. 658 |
| 1891 | Bradypodidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1898 | Bradypodidae Gadow p. 41 |
| 1911 | Bradypodidae Jaekel p. 225 |
| 1991 | Bradypodidae Nowak |
| 2005 | Bradypodidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2019 | Bradypodidae Varela et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Bradypodidae Gray 1821
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G. Bradypus Linnaeus 1758
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Bradypus pygmaeus Anderson and Handley 2001 [Pygmy three-toed sloth]
Bradypus torquatus Illiger 1811 [Maned sloth]
Bradypus variegatus Schinz 1825 [brown-throated three-toed sloth]
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Bradypus variegatus boliviensis Gray 1871
Bradypus variegatus brasiliensis Blainville 1840
Bradypus variegatus ephippiger Philippi 1870
Bradypus variegatus gorgon Thomas 1926
Bradypus variegatus infuscatus Wagler 1831
Bradypus variegatus trivittatus Cornalia 1849
Bradypus variegatus variegatus Schinz 1825
Invalid names: Bradypus griseus Gray 1871 [synonym], Bradypus ignavus Goldman 1913 [synonym]
Invalid names: Bradypodina Bonaparte 1850 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | Bradypus tridactylus (21687) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Bradypus variegatus (21689) | |
| Holocene | Panama | Bradypus variegatus (21691) |