Folivora

Bradypus variegatus infuscatus

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

‎Classis: Mammalia
Ordo: Pilosa
Subordo: Folivora
Familiae: Bradypodidae – Choloepodidae – †Megalonychidae – †Megatheriidae – †Mylodontidae – †Nothrotheriidae – †Orophodontidae

Name

Folivora Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope & Douzery, 2001: 1606

Synonymy

• Tardigrada Latham & Davies, 1795 (part)
• Phyllophaga Owen, 1842 (part)

References

Primary references

• Delsuc, F., Catzeflis, F.M., Stanhope, M.J. & Douzery, E.J.P. 2001. The evolution of armadillos, anteaters and sloths depicted by nuclear and mitochondrial phylogenies: implications for the status of the enigmatic fossil Eurotamandua. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, serie B: Biological Sciences 268(1476): 1605–1615. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1702 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fariña, R.A. & Vizcaíno, S.F. 2003. Slowmoving or browsers? A note on nomenclature. Pp 3–4. In Fariña, R.A., Vizcaíno, S,F. & Storch, G. (eds.). Morphological studies on fossil and extant Xenarthra (Mammalia). Senckenbergiana Biologica 83: 1−101.
• Gardner, A.L. 2005. Order Pilosa. Pp. 100–103 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

català: Peresós
čeština: Lenochodi
English: Sloths
español: Perezosos
français: Paresseux
hrvatski: Ljenivci
íslenska: Letidýr
日本語: ナマケモノ亜目
ქართული: ზარმაცასებრნი
Nederlands: Luiaarden
norsk: Dovendyr
português do Brasil: Preguiças
Türkçe: Tembel hayvanlar
中文: 樹懶

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