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.

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Edentata, pp. 52-57 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352995