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Megalocnus rodens (ground sloth, skeleton)
Subject: Megalocnus rodens (ground sloth, skeleton)
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Megalocnus rodens (ground sloth, skeleton)


Mounted skeleton of Megalocnus rodens
American Museum of Natural History, New York City

Description Vertebrae of Megalocnus rodens, a fossil sloth
Date April 2008
Source took the foto on the "American Museum of Natural History" in New York
Author Ghedoghedo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ghedoghedo
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Megalocnus_rodens.JPG

The ground sloths of the extinct genus Megalocnus ("Great Sloth") were among the largest of the Caribbean ground sloths, with individuals estimated to have weighed up to 90 kg when alive. Two species are known, M. rodens of Cuba, and M. zile of Hispaniola. Their relatives include other Caribbean ground sloths, such as Acratocnus, Mesocnus, Miocnus, Neocnus, Parocnus, and Paulocnus. Superorder: Xenarthra, Order: Pilosa, Family: Megalonychidae, Genus: Megalocnus, Species: Megalocnus rodens.

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