Linnaeus's two-toed sloth

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Choloepodidae
Genus: Choloepus
Species:
C. didactylus
Binomial name
Choloepus didactylus
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth range
Synonyms

Bradypus didactylus Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River. There is now evidence suggesting the species' range expands into Bolivia.[4] It's the largest extant sloth species.[5]

  1. ^ 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. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Chiarello, A.; Plese, T. (2014). "Choloepus didactylus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T4777A47439542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T4777A47439542.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ Linnæus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I (in Latin) (10th ed.). Holmiæ: Laurentius Salvius. p. 35. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. ^ Trinca, Cristiano Trapé; Palmeira, Francesca Belem Lopes; de Sousa e Silva Júnior, José (2006-05-01). "A Southern Extension of the Geographic Distribution of the Two-Toed Sloth, Choloepus didactylus (Xenarthra, Megalonychidae)". Edentata. 7: 7–9. doi:10.1896/1413-4411.7.1.7. ISSN 1413-4411.
  5. ^ "Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-09-19.