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Ancestral taxa
Domain: Eukaryota /displayed  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Amorphea  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Obazoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Opisthokonta  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Holozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked): Filozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Choanozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom: Animalia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: ParaHoxozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Bilateria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Nephrozoa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum: Deuterostomia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum: Chordata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Olfactores  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subphylum: Vertebrata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Eugnathostomata  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Teleostomi  [Taxonomy; edit]
Superclass: Tetrapoda  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Reptiliomorpha  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Amniota  [Taxonomy; edit]
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Class: Mammalia /skip  [Taxonomy; edit]
..... .....
Subclass: Theria /skip  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Eutheria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Infraclass: Placentalia  [Taxonomy; edit]
Superorder: Xenarthra  [Taxonomy; edit]
Order: Pilosa  [Taxonomy; edit]
Suborder: Folivora  [Taxonomy; edit]
Superfamily: Mylodontoidea  [Taxonomy; edit]
Family: Choloepodidae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Genus: Choloepus  [Taxonomy; edit]


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Parent: Choloepodidae [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank: genus (displays as Genus)
Link: Two-toed sloth|Choloepus(links to Two-toed sloth)
Extinct: no
Always displayed: yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references:
  • Delsuc, F.; Kuch, M.; Gibb, G. C.; Karpinski, E.; Hackenberger, D.; Szpak, P.; Martínez, J. G.; Mead, J. I.; McDonald, H. G.; MacPhee, R.D.E.; Billet, G.; Hautier, L.; Poinar, H. N. (2019). "Ancient Mitogenomes Reveal the Evolutionary History and Biogeography of Sloths". Current Biology. 29 (12): 2031–2042.e6. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.043. PMID 31178321. S2CID 177661447.
  • Presslee, S.; Slater, G. J.; Pujos, F.; Forasiepi, A. M.; Fischer, R.; Molloy, K.; Mackie, M.; Olsen, J. V.; Kramarz, A.; Taglioretti, M.; Scaglia, F.; Lezcano, M.; Lanata, J. L.; Southon, J.; Feranec, R.; Bloch, J.; Hajduk, A.; Martin, F. M.; Gismondi, R. S.; Reguero, M.; de Muizon, C.; Greenwood, A.; Chait, B. T.; Penkman, K.; Collins, M.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (2019). "Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships" (PDF). Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3 (7): 1121–1130. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0909-z. PMID 31171860. S2CID 174813630.
Parent's taxonomic references:
  • Delsuc, F.; Kuch, M.; Gibb, G. C.; Karpinski, E.; Hackenberger, D.; Szpak, P.; Martínez, J. G.; Mead, J. I.; McDonald, H. G.; MacPhee, R.D.E.; Billet, G.; Hautier, L.; Poinar, H. N. (2019). "Ancient Mitogenomes Reveal the Evolutionary History and Biogeography of Sloths". Current Biology. 29 (12): 2031–2042.e6. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.043. PMID 31178321. S2CID 177661447.
  • Presslee, S.; Slater, G. J.; Pujos, F.; Forasiepi, A. M.; Fischer, R.; Molloy, K.; Mackie, M.; Olsen, J. V.; Kramarz, A.; Taglioretti, M.; Scaglia, F.; Lezcano, M.; Lanata, J. L.; Southon, J.; Feranec, R.; Bloch, J.; Hajduk, A.; Martin, F. M.; Gismondi, R. S.; Reguero, M.; de Muizon, C.; Greenwood, A.; Chait, B. T.; Penkman, K.; Collins, M.; MacPhee, R.D.E. (2019). "Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships" (PDF). Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3 (7): 1121–1130. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0909-z. PMID 31171860. S2CID 174813630.