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Definition of Genus bradypus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bradypodidae, Family Bradypodidae
Member holonyms: Ai, Bradypus Tridactylus, Three-toed Sloth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bradypus
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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