Taxonomic revision of maned sloths, subgenus Bradypus (Scaeopus), Pilosa, Bradypodidae, with revalidation of Bradypus crinitus Gray, 1850

Author:

Miranda Flavia R12,Garbino Guilherme S T3ORCID,Machado Fabio A4ORCID,Perini Fernando A5,Santos Fabricio R6,Casali Daniel M5ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Campus Soane Nazaré de Andrade , Rod. Jorge Amado, Km 16 - Salobrinho, 45662-900 Ilhéus, Bahia, 64200-240 , Brazil

2. Instituto de Pesquisa e Conservação de Tamanduás no Brasil , Rua do Comercio, s/n, Sala 130 Conjunto Porto das Barcas, Parnaíba, Piauí, 64200-240 , Brazil

3. Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Museu de Zoologia João Moojen, Departamento de Biologia Animal , Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais , Brazil

4. Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech , 926 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 , USA

5. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Laboratório de Evolução de Mamíferos , Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais , Brazil

6. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Laboratório de Biodiversidade e Evolução Molecular , Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais , Brazil

Abstract

Abstract We present a taxonomic revision of maned sloths, subgenus Bradypus (Scaeopus), a taxon endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and currently composed of a single species, the vulnerable Bradypus torquatus. Our review is based on coalescent species delimitation analyses using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, morphological analyses, and field observations. Our integrative approach demonstrates that two species of maned sloth can be recognized: the northern maned sloth (Bradypus torquatusIlliger, 1811) occurring in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Sergipe, and the southern maned sloth (Bradypus crinitusGray, 1850), occurring in Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo states. The two species diverged in the Early Pliocene and are allopatrically distributed. We discuss the biogeographic pattern of the two maned sloth species, comparing it with other Atlantic Forest mammals. We also suggest that the conservation status of both maned sloths needs to be reassessed after this taxonomic rearrangement.

Funder

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Nature and Landscape Conservation,Genetics,Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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