Ground sloth
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Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. They varied widely in size; the largest belonged to the genera Lestodon, Eremotherium and Megatherium, and we
Ground sloths
Fossil Eremotherium skeleton, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
Paramylodon harlani, Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin
A Tamandua anteater in an upright defensive stance similar to those presumed to have been adopted by ground sloths, per trackways preserved in New Mexico
Sloth
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Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial ground sloths. Noted for their slowness of mo
Ground sloth
…Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. They varied widely in size; the largest belonged to the genera Lestodon, Eremotherium and Megatherium, and were…
Bicho preguiça 3
Choloepus hoffmanni crop
Sloth range
Three-toed sloth crossing a road in Costa Rica