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  • Thumbnail for Megatherium
    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...
    51 KB (5,545 words) - 20:26, 22 August 2024
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    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...
    58 KB (5,968 words) - 20:08, 25 August 2024
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    Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial...
    50 KB (5,420 words) - 00:02, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Giant panda
    while eating. The giant panda's tail, measuring 10 to 15 cm (3.9 to 5.9 in), is the second-longest in the bear family, behind the sloth bear. Despite its...
    105 KB (10,934 words) - 22:34, 31 August 2024
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    species: the anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos. Extinct xenarthrans include the glyptodonts, pampatheres and ground sloths. Xenarthrans originated in...
    26 KB (2,789 words) - 19:04, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Giant anteater
    is classified with sloths in the order Pilosa. This species is mostly terrestrial, in contrast to other living anteaters and sloths, which are arboreal...
    50 KB (5,482 words) - 08:30, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sloth bear
    The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), also known as the Indian bear, is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on fruits...
    54 KB (6,430 words) - 11:32, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Megalonyx
    Megalonyx (Greek, "great-claw") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America. It evolved during the Pliocene...
    26 KB (2,811 words) - 16:24, 26 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Subfossil lemur
    Subfossil lemur (redirect from Giant lemur)
    large seeds. There were three distinct families of giant lemur, including the Palaeopropithecidae (sloth lemurs), Megaladapidae (koala lemurs), and Archaeolemuridae...
    88 KB (9,962 words) - 03:23, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anteater
    species have other names in English and other languages. Together with sloths, they are within the order Pilosa. The name "anteater" is also commonly...
    39 KB (4,538 words) - 21:37, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eremotherium
    ἔρημος "steppe or desert" and θηρίον "beast") is an extinct genus of giant ground sloth in the family Megatheriidae. Eremotherium lived in southern North...
    58 KB (7,056 words) - 21:27, 3 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Archaeoindris
    likely arboreal (tree-dwelling), and this giant sloth lemur has been compared to the extinct giant ground sloths of North and South America. Archaeoindris...
    32 KB (3,409 words) - 06:51, 6 July 2024
  • creators combined the traits of three-toed sloths and ground sloths while designing Sid and the other sloth characters. Paleontologists have suggested...
    83 KB (9,501 words) - 02:02, 1 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Great American Interchange
    In addition to those extant today (armadillos, anteaters, and tree sloths), a great diversity of larger types was present, including pampatheres, the ankylosaur-like...
    175 KB (18,163 words) - 10:22, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Palaeopropithecus
    Palaeopropithecus is a recently extinct genus of large sloth lemurs from Madagascar related to living lemur species found there today. Three species are...
    18 KB (2,078 words) - 03:40, 11 June 2024
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    Thalassocnus (redirect from Aquatic sloth)
    Thalassocnus is an extinct genus of semiaquatic ground sloths from the Miocene and Pliocene of the Pacific South American coast. It is monotypic within...
    41 KB (4,333 words) - 01:58, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pilosa
    native to the Americas. It includes anteaters and sloths (which include the extinct ground sloths). The name comes from the Latin word for "hairy". The...
    10 KB (617 words) - 05:37, 29 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Giant otter
    The giant otter or giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the weasel family, Mustelidae...
    62 KB (7,232 words) - 13:02, 17 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Giant armadillo
    beekeepers and giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus) and potential ways to coexist" (PDF). Edentata: The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Anteater, Sloth and Armadillo...
    18 KB (1,639 words) - 04:35, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bear
    SOS, for the sloth bear Andean Bear Conservation Project, for the Andean bear Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, for the giant panda Animals...
    105 KB (10,656 words) - 15:14, 3 September 2024
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