Scientific Name: Bradypus torquatus
Species Authority: Illiger, 1811
Common Name(s):
English – Maned Three-toed Sloth, Maned Sloth, Brazilian Three-toed Sloth
Taxonomic Notes:
Three genetically distinct populations of this species occur in the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro (Moraes-Barros et al. 2002, 2006; Lara-Ruiz et al. 2008). The northern population (in southern Bahia) might be considered a separate subspecies (Lara-Ruiz et al. 2008), although indistinguishable from the others in external morphology (A. Chiarello pers. comm. 2010). |
