Ground sloth

Ground sloths; Temporal range: Late Eocene – Holocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Megatherium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Xenarthra
Order:	Folivora
Family:	†Megalonychidae,†Megatheriidae, †Nothrotheriidae,†Mylodontidae

Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths, in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. The term is used as a reference for all extinct sloths because of the large size of the earliest forms discovered, as opposed to existing tree sloths. The Caribbean ground sloths, the most recent survivors, lived in the Antilles, possibly until 1550 BC.

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Ground sloth

Notable Examples

Ground sloths Temporal range: Late Eocene – Holocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Megatherium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Xenarthra
Order:	Folivora
Family:	†Megalonychidae,†Megatheriidae, †Nothrotheriidae,†Mylodontidae