Definition of Genus bradypus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths.

Exact synonyms: Bradypus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bradypodidae, Family Bradypodidae
Member holonyms: Ai, Bradypus Tridactylus, Three-toed Sloth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bradypus

genus Bos
genus Boselaphus
genus Boswellia
genus Botaurus
genus Bothrops
genus Botrychium
genus Bougainvillaea
genus Bougainvillea
genus Bouteloua
genus Bowiea
genus Boykinia
genus Brachinus
genus Brachychiton
genus Brachycome
genus Brachystegia
genus Bradypus
genus Brama
genus Branchiobdella
genus Branta
genus Brasenia
genus Brevoortia
genus Brickelia
genus Brodiaea
genus Bromus
genus Brontosaurus
genus Broussonetia
genus Browallia

Literary usage of Genus bradypus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1849)
"ON THE genus bradypus OF LINNAEUS. BY JOHN EDWARD GRAY, ESQ., FES ETC. (Mammalia, PI. X. XI.) Illiger, and afterwards F. Cuvier, ..."

2. Organic Remains of a Former World: An Examination of the Mineralized Remains by James Parkinson (1811)
"Linnaeus has disposed these animals under the genus Bradypus, in the order Bruta. The fossil remains which are here to be noticed will be found to ..."

3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"Genus BRADYPUS.] THE TWO-FINGERED SLOTH", or L'Unau of Buffon, vol. 13, p. 58 [Bradypus didactylus, Linn.]. The thorax is short. ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1850)
"He did not see any of them, but the other kind (C. leu- cotis) did not seem uncommon." 2. ON THE genus bradypus OF LINNAEUS. BY JOHN EDWARD GRAY, Esa., ..."

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