Mammalia - Xenarthra

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae (Stockholm) 1-823

Parent taxon: Tardigrada according to T. J. Gaudin 1995

Sister taxa: Eucholoeops, Eutardigrada, Hapalops, Mylodontoidea, Pelecyodon, Pseudoglyptodon, Schismotherium

Subtaxa: Bradypus griseus, Bradypus tridactylus

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Type: Bradypus tridactylus

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore