Cyclopes (genus)

Cyclopes is a genus in the family Cyclopedidae. They are native to Central and South America, as well as the island of Trinidad and Tobago.
A 2017 review suggests that four of these subspecies deserve to be recognized as species, while the others are synonyms. The following species include:Flávia R. Miranda, Daniel M. Casali, Fernando A. Perini, Fabio A. Machado, Fabrício R. Santos. 2017. "Taxonomic review of the genus Cyclopes Gray, 1821 (Xenarthra: Pilosa), with the revalidation and description of new species"; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2017 XX: 1–35 (zlx079). Descubren dos nuevas especies de Osos Oro en la Amazonia boliviana; RAI Red Ambiental de Información, 20 January 2018.
* C. didactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: C. d. melini) - the Guyanas, eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Atlantic Forest and northern Brazil
* C. catellus Thomas, 1928 - Bolivia
* C. dorsalis (Gray, 1865) (synonyms: C. d. eva and C. d. mexicanus) - western Ecuador, southwestern to northern Colombia, Central America, southern Mexico
* C. ida Thomas, 1900 - western Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Colombia and Peru
* C. thomasi Miranda et al., 2017 - Central Peru, extreme western Brazil (Acre)
* C. rufus Miranda et al., 2017 - Brazil (Rondônia)
* C. xinguensis Miranda et al., 2017 - Brazil, between the Madeira River and the Xingu River (Below the Amazon river)
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