Bradypus variegatus Schinz, 1825 . Das Thierreich, 1:510.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, possibly Bahia .

DISTRIBUTION: E. Honduras to S.E. Brazil, Prov. Misiones (N.E. Argentina), west to S. E. Bolivia and N.W. Argentina, and E. Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

COMMENT: Includes boliviensis, griseus, and infuscatus; see Wetzel and Kock, 1973, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 86:27; Wetzel and Avila-Pires, 1980, Rev. Brasil. BioL, 40:833; Wetzel, 1982, in Montgomery, ed., The evolution and ecology of sloths, anteaters and armadillos ( Mammalia, Xenarthra = Edentata), Smithson. Inst. Press, Washington, D.C. Type locality discussed by Mertens, 1925, Senckenberg. BioL, 7: 23.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as B. boliviensis . CITES - Appendix III as B. griseus (Costa Rica) .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301407002001001001 as B. boliviensis only.

5301407002001002001 as B. infuscatus only.