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Choloepus
Illiger, 1811
- two-toed tree sloths
(mammal)
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Choloepodina (Subtribe) - two-toed tree sloths
..Choloepus (Genus) - two-toed tree sloths
....Choloepus didactylus (Species) - southern two-toed sloth
....Choloepus hoffmanni (Species) - Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
Authorship
Original name
:
Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium
: 108-109.
Original rank
:
op. cit.: 108.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type of
:
Choloepodina
(Subtribe)
Gray, 1871
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 102.
[
new
] [inferred]
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Choloepus didactylus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
1827
[
new
]
Variants
Different spelling
:
Choelopus
(Genus)
Tschudi, 1844
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Cholaepus
(Genus)
Gray, 1825
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Choleopus
(Genus)
Ameghino, 1908
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Cholepus
(Genus)
Sélys, 1839
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
tweevingerige luiaards
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
two-toed tree sloths
:
two-toed sloths
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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