Choloepus

Choloepus hoffmanni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Folivora

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Folivora

Familia: Megalonychidae
Genus: Choloepus
Species (2): C. didactylus – C. hoffmanni

Name

Choloepus Illiger, 1811: 108

• Type species: Bradypus didactylus Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Gray (1827: 275).

Synonymy

• Unaüs Rafinesque, 1815: 57
  • Type species: Bradypus unau Link, 1795, by subsequent designation (Palmer 1904: 700) [corrected spelling is Unaues Rafinesque, 1815 according ICZN 1999: Art. 32.5.
• Choelopus Lichtenstein, 1818: 20 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Choloepus Illiger].
• Unaus Gray, 1821: 305
  • Type species: Bradypus didactylus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
• Cholaepus Schinz, 1821: 328 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Choloepus Illiger].
• Cholaepus Gray, 1825: 343 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Choloepus Illiger].
• Chaelopus Gray, 1827: 275 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Choloepus Illiger].
• Choelopus Sclater, 1873: 253 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Choloepus Illiger].
• Cholopus Agassiz, 1847: 83 [unjustified emendation of Choloepus Illiger].
• Choelopus Sanborn, 1953: 5 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Choloepus Illiger].

References

Primary references

• Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l’univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: l’Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia, 224 pp.
• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  
• Gray, J.E. 1827. A synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia. Pp. 1–296 In Griffith, E. (ed.). The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. Volume the Fitfh. Geo. B. Whittaker: London. 392 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Palmer, T.S. 1904. Index generum mammalium: A list of the genera and families of mammals. N. Amer. Fauna 23: 1–984.

Vernacular names

English: Two-toed Sloths
日本語: フタユビナマケモノ属