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three-toed sloth

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q185167
three-toed sloth
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three-toed sloth

Summary

three-toed sloth is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,629 views/month, #1,224 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • three-toed sloth's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • three-toed sloth is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • three-toed sloth is classified within Bradypodidae[5].
  • three-toed sloth's scientific name is Bradypus[6].
  • three-toed sloth's Commons category is recorded as Bradypus[7].
  • three-toed sloth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bradypus[8].
  • three-toed sloth's Commons gallery is recorded as Bradypus[9].
  • three-toed sloth's taxon synonym is recorded as Tardigradus Brisson, 1762[10].
  • three-toed sloth's natural reservoir of is recorded as cutaneous leishmaniasis[11].
  • three-toed sloth's different from is recorded as Leniwiec[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, three-toed sloth is Bradypus[6]. It is classified at the rank of genus[4]. It is classified within Bradypodidae[5].

Identifiers

three-toed sloth's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47065[13]. three-toed sloth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9353[14]. three-toed sloth's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15593[15]. three-toed sloth's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436350[16]. three-toed sloth's ITIS TSN is recorded as 624874[17].

Why It Matters

three-toed sloth ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,629 views/month, #1,224 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Bradypodidae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Time period → Q25445
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