Order Edentata Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 52 57 book chapter 193506 10.5281/zenodo.7352995 fc9ccab4-22a3-420a-8aa3-02c6222f9b37 0-89327-235-3 7352995 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.