Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Edentata

Subsequent positions

Bradypodoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Subsequent entries

Bradypus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Bradypodoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102.

Alternative positions

Folivora (Suborder) Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope & Douzery, 2001	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Phyllophaga (Infraorder) Owen, 1842	Ref: K.D. Rose et al., 2005: table 8.1.
Pilosa (Order) Flower, 1883	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.
Pilosa (Infraorder) Flower, 1883	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 580.
Xenarthra (Order) Cope, 1889	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 63.
Xenarthra (Suborder) Cope, 1889	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1035.

Historical positions

Folivora (Suborder) Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope & Douzery, 2001	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Pilosa (Order) Flower, 1883	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.
Folivora (Suborder) Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope & Douzery, 2001	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 57.
Pilosa (Order) Flower, 1883	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 401.
Phyllophaga (Infraorder) Owen, 1842	Ref: K.D. Rose et al., 2005: table 8.1.
Folivora (Suborder) Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope & Douzery, 2001	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 2005: 100.
Bradypodoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102.
Edentata (Order) Vicq-d'Azyr, 1792	Ref: 1995
Xenarthra (Order) Cope, 1889	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 63; 4.
Xenarthra (Order) Cope, 1889	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 23.
Xenarthra (Suborder) Cope, 1889	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1035.
Pilosa (Infraorder) Flower, 1883	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 580.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;4s;7ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1g;4s;7ss]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 57	1g;4s
2005	A.L. Gardner	[1g;4s;7ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g]
1993	A.L. Gardner	1g;3s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];3s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2g;5s