NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Bradypus
  Family - Bradypodidae
  Suborder - Folivora
  Order - Pilosa
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Bradypus variegatus boliviensis
      Subspecies - Bradypus variegatus brasiliensis
      Subspecies - Bradypus variegatus ephippiger
      Subspecies - Bradypus variegatus gorgon
      Subspecies - Bradypus variegatus infuscatus
      Subspecies - Bradypus variegatus trivittatus
      Subspecies - Bradypus variegatus variegatus