Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Pilosa - (Family) Bradypodidae

Original position

Bruta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Bradypus didactylus Linnaeus, 1758
Bradypus tridactylus Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

Bradypus pygmaeus R.P. Anderson & C.O. Handley Jr., 2001

Current position

Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788

Ref: A.L. Gardner, 2005: 100.

Alternative positions

Bruta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 50.

Historical positions

Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 2005: 100.
Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102.
Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 63.
Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 23.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238. [rough position]
Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1035.
Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 580.
Bruta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 50.
Bruta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 34. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s;7ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4s;7ss]
2005	A.L. Gardner	[4s;7ss]
1993	A.L. Gardner	[3s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[3s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	3s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]