Bradypus torquatus

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Xenarthra Ordo: Pilosa Subordo: Folivora

Familia: Bradypodidae
Genus: Bradypus
Species: Bradypus torquatus

Name

Bradypus torquatus Illiger, 1811: 109

Type locality: “Brasilia”; restricted to the Atlantic drainage of the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, by Wetzel & Ávila-Pires (1980: 834); further restricted to the vicinity of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by Vaz (2003: 3).

Synonyms

Bradypus cristatus Hamilton-Smith, 1827: 278
Bradypus melanotis Swainson, 1835: 207
Bradypus crinitus Gray, 1850: 67
Bradypus affinis Gray, 1850: 68
Hemibradypus mareyi Anthony, 1907: 220

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.
Wetzel, R.M. & Ávila-Pires, F.D. 1980. Identification and distribution of the Recent sloths of Brazil (Edentata). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 40: 831–836. Full article (PDF)
Vaz, S.M. 2003. A localidade tipo da preguiça-de-coleira, Bradypus torquatus Illiger, 1811 (Xenarthra, Bradypodidae). Edentata 5: 1−4. Full article (PDF)

Additional references

Lambertz, M. 2013. Notes on the original description of the maned three-toed sloth, Bradypus torquatus (Mammalia, Pilosa, Bradypodidae), by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger in 1811. Bionomina 6(1): 49–51. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.6.1.3

Links

Bradypus torquatus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Bradypus torquatus (Endangered)
Bradypus torquatus Illiger, 1811 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
ZooBank

Vernacular names

català: Peresós de collar
English: Maned Sloth, Maned Three-toed Sloth
suomi: Harjalaiskiainen
français: Paresseux à crinière
italiano: Bradipo dal cappuccio
日本語: タテガミナマケモノ
polski: Leniwiec grzywiasty, leniwiec brazylijski
português do Brasil: Bicho-preguiça-de-coleira, Preguiça-de-coleira
svenska: Kragsengångare