Megatherium
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Megatherium is an extinct genus of large ground sloths endemic to South America that lived from the Pliocene through the end of the Late Pleistocene. It is best known for the elephant-sized, 3.5–4 ton
Megatherium americanum Skeleton NHM
Illustration of the first specimen of Megatherium americanum from 1796
Illustration of Megatherium americanum from 1863, depicting it with a short trunk
19th century M. americanum sculpture in Crystal Palace Park, London, England
Eremotherium
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Eremotherium is an extinct genus of giant ground sloth in the family Megatheriidae. Eremotherium lived in southern North America, Central America, and northern South America. It was one of the largest
Megatherium
…that Megatherium was a giant sloth. Megatherium is part of the sloth family Megatheriidae, which also includes the closely related and similarly-sized Eremotherium, which was native to tropical South America, Central America and North America as far north as the southern United States. Megatherium americanum is…
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E. eomigrans at the NCMNS, depicted as inhabiting a longleaf pine savanna.
Eremotherium laurillardi skeleton at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Partial maxilla of Eremotherium laurillardi