Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Choloepodina (Subtribe) Gray, 1871

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

Current position

Choloepodina (Subtribe) Gray, 1871

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102. [new position]

Alternative positions

Bradypodidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1035.
Choloepidae (Family) (Gray, 1871)	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991 [indirect]
Choloepinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1871	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 64.
Megalonychidae (Family) Gervais, 1855	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 2005: 101.

Historical positions

Megalonychidae (Family) Gervais, 1855	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 2005: 101.
Choloepodina (Subtribe) Gray, 1871	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 102. [new position]
Choloepinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1871	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 64.
Megalonychidae (Family) Gervais, 1855	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 23.
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.
Bradypoda (Order)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;5ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s;5ss]
2005	A.L. Gardner	[2s;5ss]
1993	A.L. Gardner	[2s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2s