Ground sloth
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| phylum | Chordata | Megatherium is an extinct genus of ground sloths endemic to South America that lived from the Early Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene. It is best known for the elephant-sized type species M. americanum, sometimes called the giant ground sloth, or the megathere, native to the Pampas through southern Bolivia during the Pleistocene. Various other smaller species belonging to the subgenus Pseudomegatherium are known from the Andes.
For more information about giant ground sloths visit the Wikipedia Entry Get back to Sloths |
| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| superorder | Xenarthra | |
| order | Pilosa | |
| genus | Megatherium |
