Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, 1859 . Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1858:128.

TYPE LOCALITY: Costa Rica, Heredia, Volcan Barbara .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Nicaragua to South America; west of Andes to Esmeraldas (Ecuador); east of Andes to Rio Solimoes (Peru) and N. Mato Grosso (Brazil).

COMMENT: See Wetzel and Avila-Pires, 1980, Rev. Brasil. Biol., 40:834- 835, for discussion of type locality.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Costa Rica).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301407002002002001.