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--> GENUS Bradypus
SPECIES Bradypus torquatus
| Author: | Illiger, 1811. | | Citation: | Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 109. | | Common Name: | Maned Sloth | | 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). | | Distribution: | Coastal forests of SE Brazil. | | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Some authors believe erroneously that B. torquatus Illiger, 1811, is a nomen nudum and attribute the name to Desmarest (1816a). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
affinis Gray, 1850
crinitus Gray, 1850
cristatus Hamilton-Smith, 1827
mareyi (Anthony, 1907)
melanotis Swainson, 1835
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