Megatherium
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Megatherium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom Information | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum Information | |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class Information | |
Class | Mammalia |
Order Information | |
Superorder | Xenarthra |
Order | Pilosa |
Family Information | |
Family | Megatheriidae |
Genus Information | |
Genera | Megatherium |
Species Information | |
Species | M. altiplanicum M. americanum M. gallardoi M. istilarti M. medinae M. parodii M. sundti M. tarijense |
Population statistics | |
Conservation status | Extinct |
Megatherium are an extinct genus of mammals similar to the sloth, and are some 18 or 20 ft. in length and 8 ft. in height, with an elephantine skeleton.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Megatherium originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood