Bradypus Linnaeus 1758 (edentate)
PaleoDB taxon number: 72263
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Tardigrada according to T. J. Gaudin 1995
Sister taxa: Mylodontoidea, Rathymotheriidae, Eucholoeops, Eutardigrada, Pelecyodon, Schismotherium
Subtaxa: Bradypus griseus, Bradypus tridactylus
Type: Bradypus tridactylus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore