Megatherium - Wikipedia
Megatherium (/ mɛɡəˈθɪəriəm / meg-ə-THEER-ee-əm; from Greek méga (μέγα) 'great' + theríon (θηρίον) 'beast') is an extinct genus of ground sloths endemic to South America that lived from the Early Pliocene [1] through the end of the Late Pleistocene. [2] .
Facts About the Giant Ground Sloth - Live Science
2016年11月5日 · Giant ground sloths were large, lumbering beasts that lived in the Americas during the Ice Age. They were directly related to today's modern sloths. They were also distantly...
Ground sloth - Wikipedia
Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. They varied widely in size with the largest, belonging to genera Lestodon, Eremotherium and Megatherium, being around the size of elephants.
Megatherium: The Giant Sloth Said To Still Roam The Amazon
2024年3月9日 · Measuring up to 7 feet tall and 20 feet long, the Megatherium was a giant ground sloth that thrived in South America. Could it still be alive today? The giant sloth weighed as much as two cars and existed for some 5.3 million years before they — allegedly — went extinct.
Giant Ground Sloths - U.S. National Park Service
2021年10月12日 · The large clawed sloth, or Megalonyx, was a large ground dwelling sloth which grew to about 10 feet long and weighed roughly 2,200 pounds. Compared to the Shasta Ground Sloth, Megalonyx and had a more blocky-shaped head with an additional set of peg-like incisors in the upper and lower jaws.
Megatherium | Giant Sloth, Ground Sloth & Prehistoric | Britannica
2024年11月8日 · Megatherium, largest of the ground sloths, an extinct group of mammals belonging to a group containing sloths, anteaters, glyptodonts, and armadillos that underwent a highly successful evolutionary radiation in South America in the Cenozoic Era (beginning 65.5 million years ago).
Giant Ground Sloth (Megatherium) - Extinct Animals
2022年3月28日 · The Giant Ground Sloth, also known as the Megatherium, was a genus of enormous rhino-sized ground sloths (as opposed to the modern-day tiny tree sloths) that were indigenous to South America and migrated and spread …
Weighing Over 2,000 Pounds, Giant Ground Sloths Once Roamed …
2024年2月7日 · Discover the world of ancient giant ground sloths, from their vast habitats across the Americas to their unique diets and the mystery of their extinction. (Credit: Danny Ye/Shutterstock) Sloths live in perpetual slow motion in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America today.
Eremotherium - Wikipedia
Eremotherium (from Greek for "steppe" or "desert beast": ἔρημος "steppe or desert" and θηρίον "beast") is an extinct genus of giant ground sloth in the family Megatheriidae.
Giant Ground Sloth (Megalonyx): Facts and Figures - ThoughtCo
2019年2月26日 · The prototypical prehistoric sloth, the Giant Ground Sloth (genus name Megalonyx, pronounced MEG-ah-LAH-nix) was named by future American president Thomas Jefferson in 1797, after he examined some bones forwarded to him from a cave in West Virginia.