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

Familia: Choloepodidae
Genus: Choloepus
Species: Choloepus hoffmanni
Subspecies (5): C. h. capitalis – C. h. florenciae – C. h. hoffmanni – C. h. juruanus – C. h. pallescens

Name

Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1858

Type locality: "Costa Rica", Heredia, Volcán Barba (Wetzel and Avila-Pires, 1980)

References

Choloepus hoffmanni 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.
Peters, W. 1858. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1858: 128.

Vernacular names

català: Peresós didàctil de Hoffmann
English: Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
español: Perezoso didáctilo de Hoffmann
français: Unau d'Hoffmann
日本語: ホフマンナマケモノ
한국어: 호프만두발가락나무늘보
Nederlands: Hoffmannluiaard
polski: Leniwiec krótkoszyi, Leniwiec Hoffmana