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SPECIES Choloepus hoffmanni

Author:Peters, 1858.
Citation:Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1858: 128.
Common Name:Hoffmann’s Two-toed Sloth
Type Locality:"Costa Rica;" restricted to Escazú, San José, by Goodwin (1946); corrected to Heredia, Volcán Barbara, by Wetzel and Avila-Pires (1980).
Distribution:Central America (Nicaragua) into South America east to W Venezuela and south to Brazil (Mato Grosso) and E Bolivia.
Status:CITES – Appendix III (Costa Rica); IUCN – Data Deficient.
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SUBSPECIES hoffmanni

SUBSPECIES capitalis

SUBSPECIES florenciae

SUBSPECIES juruanus

SUBSPECIES pallescens

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