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GENUS Bradypus
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 34. | Type Species: | Bradypus tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation (Miller and Rehn, 1901). | Comments: | Avila-Pires (in Wetzel and Avila-Pires, 1980) considered Scaeopus a separate genus. |
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| Offspring: SPECIES pygmaeus SPECIES torquatus SPECIES tridactylus SPECIES variegatus SUBSPECIES variegatus SUBSPECIES boliviensis SUBSPECIES brasiliensis SUBSPECIES ephippiger SUBSPECIES gorgon SUBSPECIES infuscatus SUBSPECIES trivittatus | Synonyms:
Acheus F. Cuvier, 1825 Arctopithecus Gray, 1850 Eubradypus Lönnberg, 1942 Hemibradypus Anthony, 1906 Ignavus Blumenbach, 1779 Scaeopus Peters, 1864 Achaeus Erman, 1835 Achaeus Gray, 1843 Arctopithecus Gray, 1843 Neobradypus Lönnberg, 1942 Tardigradus Brisson, 1762
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