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Megalonychid Sloths

Megalonychidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Megalonychidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Megalonychidae
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Megalonychidae
Recognized by CalPhotos, AnAge articles, INBio, Kissling et al, 2014, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, French Guiana Species List, Guyana Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, South Africa Species List, Suriname Species List, Venezuela Species List, Argentina Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, United States Species List, and Lovegrove 2014
Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

? gigas Marsh, 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? infernalis Ameghino, 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? jeffersonii Desmarest, 1822
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? leptonyx Marsh, 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? litoralis Ameghino, 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? priscus Leidy, 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? seneum Ameghino, 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cholopus Agassiz 1846
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Deseadognathus Carlini & Scillato-Yané 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Diabolotherium Pujos, De Iuliis, Argot & Werdelin 2007
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eleutherodon Mercerat 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eugeronops Ameghino 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Galerocnus Arredondo & Rivero 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lakukullus Pujos, De Iuliis, Quispe & Flores 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megalonychidae
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Animal Diversity Web, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, CITES, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, Anderson and Wiens 2017, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Megalonyx Harlan 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megalonyx Jefferson 1799
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Menilaus Ameghino 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mesopotamocnus Brandoni 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Morotherium Marsh 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neomesocnus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paramiocnus Arredondo & Arredondo 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudortotherium
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sinclairia Ameghino 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Synocnus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zacatzontli Mc Donald & Carranza-Castañeda 2017
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

megalonychid sloths preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
two-toed sloths
prefer
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web

Arabic

عظيمات المخالب preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

երկմատ համրուկներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

İkibarmaqlı ərincəklər preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

Двупръсти ленивци preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

megaloníquids preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cebuano

Choloepus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

二趾树懒科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

lenochodovití dvouprstí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Kaksivarvaslaiskiaiset preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Galician

Megaloníquidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

עצלני דו-אצבע preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

kétujjú lajhárfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

フタユビナマケモノ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Lithuanian

Dvipirščiai tinginiai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

بزرگ‌پنجگان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Двупалоленивцевые preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Tvåtåiga sengångare preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Двопальцелінивцеві preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Waray

Choloepus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

عظيمات المخالب preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

二趾树懒科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

二趾樹懶科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Megalonychidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Folivora
Megalonychidae (this page)
Acratocnus Anthony 1916
Choloepus Illiger 1811
Megalocnus Leidy 1868
Megalonyx Harlan 1825
Neocnus Arredondo 1961
Parocnus Miller 1929
Bradypodidae Gray 1821
Diabolotherium Pujos et al 2007
Entelopidae
Megatheriidae
Mylodontidae
Nothrotheriidae
Orophodontidae
Rathymotheriidae

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Pilosa Flower 1883
Folivora Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope & Douzery 2001
Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889 (this page)
Choloepus Illiger 1811
Bradypodidae Gray 1821

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Folivora
Megalonychidae (this page)
Acratocnus Anthony 1916
Choloepus Illiger 1811
Megalocnus Leidy 1868
Megalonyx Harlan 1825
Neocnus Arredondo 1961
Parocnus Miller 1929
Bradypodidae Gray 1821
Diabolotherium Pujos et al 2007
Entelopidae
Megatheriidae
Mylodontidae
Nothrotheriidae
Orophodontidae
Rathymotheriidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Folivora
Megalonychidae (this page)
Choloepus
Bradypodidae
Entelopidae
Megatheriidae
Mylodontidae
Nothrotheriidae
Orophodontidae
Rathymotheriidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Pilosa
Megalonychidae (this page)
Acratocnus Anthony 1916
Ahytherium Cartelle, De Iuliis & Pujos 2008
Australonyx De Iuliis, Pujos & Cartelle 2009
Choloepus Illiger 1811
Diodomus Ameghino 1885
Eucholoeops Ameghino 1887
Habanocnus Mayo 1978
Imagocnus Mac Phee & Iturralde-Vincent 1994
Mecorhinus Ameghino 1894
Megalocnus Leidy 1868
Megalonychops Kraglievich 1927
Megalonychotherium Scott 1904
Megistonyx Mc Donald, Rincón & Gaudin 2013
Meizonyx Webb & Perrigo 1985
Mesocnus Matthew 1931
Metopotherium Ameghino 1891
Miocnus Matthew 1931
Neocnus Arredondo 1961
Ortotherium Ameghino 1885
Paranabradys Scillato-Yané 1981
Paraplanops Ameghino 1891
Parocnus Miller 1929
Paulocnus Hooijer 1962
Pliometanastes Hirschfeld & Webb 1968
Pliomorphus Ameghino 1885
Proschismotherium Ameghino 1902
Protomegalonyx Kraglievich 1922
Torcellia Kraglievich 1931
Uranokyrtus Ameghino 1894
Valgipes Gervais 1873
Anagalidae
Bradypodidae
Cyclopedidae
Didymoconidae
Entelopidae
Gypsonictopidae
Kulbeckiidae
Leptictidae
Megatheriidae
Mirandabradys Carlini, Scillato-Yané & Sánchez 2006
Mylodontidae
Myrmecophagidae
Nothrotheriidae
Orophodontidae
Pseudictopidae
Rathymotheriidae
Scelidotheriidae
Zalambdalestidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Pilosa Flower 1883
Folivora Delsuc, Catzeflis, Stanhope & Douzery 2001
Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889 (this page)
Choloepus Illiger 1811
Bradypodidae Gray 1821

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Pilosa
Megalonychidae (this page)
Choloepus didactylus (Linnaeus 1758)
Choloepus hoffmanni W. Peters 1858
Bradypodidae
Cyclopedidae
Myrmecophagidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Folivora
Megalonychidae (this page)
Acratocnus
Choloepus
Megalonyx
Neocnus
Parocnus
Bradypodidae
Megatheriidae
Mylodontidae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Folivora
Megalonychidae (this page)
Choloepodini
Habanocnus
Hapalops
Imagocnus
Megalocninae
Megalocnus
Megalonychini
Neocnus
Nohochichak
Sinclairia
Synocnus
Bradypodidae
Choloepodidae
Megalonychoidea
Megatheria
Megatherioidea
Nothrotheriidae
Pseudoglyptodon
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