Nothrotheriidae
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Nothrotheriidae is a family of extinct ground sloths that lived from approximately 17.5 mya—10,000 years ago, existing for approximately 17.49 million years. Previously placed within the tribe Nothrot
Nothrotheriops skeleton
Subfossilized Nothrotheriops shastensis dung in Rampart Cave, Arizona (NPS, 1938)
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Megatherum DB
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
Nothrotheriidae
…shastense), Peabody Museum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Pilosa Suborder: Folivora Superfamily: Megatherioidea Clade: †Megatheria Family: †Nothrotheriidae (Ameghino 1920) C. de Muizon et al. 2004 Genera †Neohapalops †Thalassocnus…
Bicho preguiça 3
Choloepus hoffmanni crop
Sloth range
Three-toed sloth crossing a road in Costa Rica