page_title: List of mammals of Guyana
section_title: Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Guyana / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Guyana. This list is derived from the IUCN Red List which lists species of mammals and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct. The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institution, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas.
  Suborder: Folivora
  Family: Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)
  Genus: Bradypus
  Pale-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus LC
  Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths)
  Genus: Choloepus
  Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus LC
  Suborder: Vermilingua
  Family: Cyclopedidae
  Genus: Cyclopes
  Silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus LC
  Family: Myrmecophagidae (American anteaters)
  Genus: Myrmecophaga
  Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla NT
  Genus: Tamandua
  Southern tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla LC
caption: Pale-throated three-toed sloth
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