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Sloth Animal Web
Kingdom: Animalia (the Animal Kingdom)
Phylum: Cordata (most mammals in the Chordate phylum possess backbones)
Class: Mammalia (mammals)
Order: Xenarthra (previously "Edentata")
Families: Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae
Genera: Choloepus (two-toed sloths) and Bradypus (three-toed sloths)
Species: C. hoffmanni (Hoffman's two-toed sloth), C. didactylus (Linne's two-toed sloth, aka Common or South American two-toed sloth), B. tridactylus (Pale-throated three-toed sloth), B. variegatus (aka B. cuculliger, the Brown-throated three-toed sloth), and B. torquatus (Maned three-toed sloth)