Megatherium
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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]
| Megatherium | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Notes
- â Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Megatherium originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood