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Genus of sloth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Choloepus is a genus of xenarthran mammals of Central and South America within the monotypic family Choloepodidae, consisting of two-toed sloths,[3] sometimes also called two-fingered sloths.[2] The two species of Choloepus (which means "lame foot"[4]), Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) and Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), were formerly believed on the basis of morphological studies to be the only surviving members of the sloth family Megalonychidae,[5] but have now been shown by molecular results to be closest to extinct ground sloths of the family Mylodontidae.[2][3]
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Two-toed sloths[1] | |
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Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Superfamily: | Mylodontoidea |
Family: | Choloepodidae Delsuc et al., 2019[2] |
Genus: | Choloepus Illiger, 1811[1] |
Type species | |
Bradypus didactylus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
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