Megatherium americanum (Giant Ground Sloth)

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I… AM… GROOT!!!!!

Megatherium americanum (Cuvier, 1796) (Giant Ground Sloth)
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Xenarthra
Pilosa
Folivora (Sloths)
Megatheriidae

Late Pliocene to Early Holocene
South America

Length (Quadrupedal): 6 m

As big as an elephant, this ground sloth was one of the largest land mammals of all time, exceeded in only size by Paraceratherium and some proboscideans. Sadly, she still proved no match for the most dangerous mammal of all: humans.

Sunday, November 15th, 2015

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