Sloth - Classification

Classification

Suborder Folivora (sloths)

  • Family Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)
    • Bradypus
      • Pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus))
      • Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
      • Maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus)
      • Pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus)
  • Family Megalonychidae (two-toed sloths and extinct ground sloths)
    • Choloepus (Two-toed sloths)
      • Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
      • Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
    • Acratocnus
    • Habanocnus
    • Neocnus
    • Imagocnus
    • Megalocnus
    • Megalonyx
  • Family Megatheriidae (megatheriid ground sloths)
    • Eremotherium
    • Hapalops
    • Megatherium
    • Nothrotherium
    • Nothropus
  • Family Mylodontidae (mylodontid ground sloths)
    • Glossotherium
    • Lestodon
    • Mylodon
    • Paramylodon
    • Scelidotherium
    • Chubutherium
  • Family Nothrotheriidae (nothrotheriid ground sloths)
    • Nothrotheriops
    • Pronothrotherium
    • Thalassocnus
  • Family Orophodontidae (orophodontid ground sloths)

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