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Eremotherium (from Gr**** for "steppe" or "desert beast": ἔρημος "steppe or desert" and θηρίον "beast") is an
extinct genus of
giant ground sloth in the...
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varied widely in size with the largest,
belonging to
genera Lestodon,
Eremotherium and Megatherium,
being around the size of elephants.
Ground sloths represent...
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built Megatherium (given its name 'great beast' by
Georges Cuvier) and
Eremotherium. An
early genus that was
originally considered a megatheriid, the more...
- Megatheriidae,
which also
includes the
closely related and
similarly giant Eremotherium,
comparable in size to M. americanum,
which was
native to
tropical South...
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extinct megafauna species,
including the elephant-sized
giant ground sloth Eremotherium, the rhinoceros-like Mixotoxodon, the
gomphothere (elephant-relative)...
- tonne) – much
smaller than some of its
contemporary species such as the
Eremotherium,
which could easily weigh over two
tonnes and be 6
metres (20 ft) long...
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Eremotherium...
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compared to a human,
including Megatherium americanum (A, top left)
Eremotherium laurillardi (B, top right),
Lestodon armatus (C,
middle left) Mylodon...
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Illinois State Museum ground sloth page
Ground sloths at La Brea
Eremotherium in
Florida Have some
ground sloths survived in Argentina?
Ground sloths...
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American mastodon (Mammut americanum)
found at Wakulla.
Giant ground sloth (
Eremotherium laurillardi) Saber-toothed
tiger (Smilodon po****tor)
found at Wakulla...
