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Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus's two toed sloth)

Mammalia - Megalonychidae

Taxonomy
Bradypus didactylus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Choloepus didactylus by Thomas (1911), Adam (1999), White and MacPhee (2001) and Nyakatura and Fischer (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Bradypus didactylus Linnaeus p. 35
1795Bradypus curi Link
1795Bradypus unau Link
1871Choloepus guianensis Fitzinger p. 399
1871Choloepus braziliensis Fitzinger p. 403
1871Choloepus didactylus columbianus Gray p. 432
1911Choloepus didactylus Thomas p. 132
1913Choloepus florenciae Allen p. 469
1922Choloepus napensis Lönnberg p. 18
1999Choloepus didactylus Adam p. 1
2001Choloepus didactylus White and MacPhee
2010Choloepus didactylus Nyakatura and Fischer p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
subfamilyCholoepodinaeMacPhee 2001
genusCholoepus
speciesdidactylus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Choloepus didactylus Linnaeus 1758 [Linnaeus's two toed sloth]
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Invalid names: Choloepus braziliensis Fitzinger 1871 [synonym], Choloepus curi Link 1795 [synonym], Choloepus didactylus columbianus Gray 1871 [synonym], Choloepus florenciae Allen 1913 [synonym], Choloepus guianensis Fitzinger 1871 [synonym], Choloepus napensis Lönnberg 1922 [synonym], Choloepus unau Link 1795 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available