| Brown-throated sloth[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | Bradypodidae |
| Genus: | Bradypus |
| Species: | B. variegatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825
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| Brown-throated sloth range | |
The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is a species of three-toed sloth found in the Neotropical realm of Central and South America.[4]
It is the most common of the four species of three-toed sloth, and is found in the forests of South and Central America.[5]
- ^ Gardner, A. L. (2005). "Order Pilosa". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Moraes-Barros, N.; Chiarello, A.; Plese, T. (2014). "Bradypus variegatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T3038A47437046. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T3038A47437046.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Gardner, A. L. (2007). "Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825". In Gardner, A. L. (ed.). Mammals of South America. Vol. 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 161–164. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.
- ^ Emmons, Louise H.; Feer, François (February 1997). Neotropical rainforest mammals. A field guide (2nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-226-20721-6. OCLC 44179508.