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Order EDENTATA. 



Family BRADYPODID^. 



Genus CHOLCEPUS lUiger. 



1811. Cholmpus Illiger, Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Avium, p. 108. 

 Type, Brady pus didactylus Linn^us. 



*Cholcepus hoffmanni Peters. 



1858. Choloepus hoffmanni Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. 



Wissensch. Berlin, p. 128. 

 1885. Cholopus Tioffmani True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 588. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Costa Rica. 



Genus BRADYPUS Linnaeus. 



1758. Bradypus Linn^us, Syst. nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 34. 

 Type, Bradypus tridactylus Linn^us. * 



*Bradypus castaneiceps (Gray). 



1871. Arctopithecus castaneiceps Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 p. 444. 



1882. Bradypus castaneiceps Alston, Biol. Centr.-Amer., mam- 

 mals, p. 184, 



1885. Bradypus castaneiceps True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 

 (1884), p. 588. 1885. 



Type Locality. — Chontales, Nicaragua. 



*Bradypus infuscatus Wagler. 



1831. Bradypus infuscatus WAGhEU, Isis, p. 611. 



1885. Bradyjms infuscatus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 588. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Western Brazil. (Ranges north to Costa 

 Rica.) 



Family MYRMECOPHAGID^. 



Genus CYCLOPES Gray. 



1821. Cyclopes Gray, London Med. Repos., vol. 15, p. 305. 

 Type, Myrmeco])haga didactyla Linn^us. 



For use of this name in place of Cyclothurus Lesson (Nouv. tabl. rfegne 

 animal, p. 152, 1846) see Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., eer. 6, vol. 15, 

 p. 191, February, 1895; Palmer, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 13, p. 72, 

 September 28, 1899. 



