- Pleistocene,
living from ~5
million to ~13,000
years ago. The type species, M.
jeffersonii (also
called Jefferson's
ground sloth), the
youngest and
largest known...
- also
suggest that the
North American type
formerly referred to as M.
jeffersonii may have been a
hybrid between the two species, as it is
apparently morphologically...
- and up to 8.6 kg (19 lb) for males.
Northern subspecies such as T. t.
jeffersonii are
heavier than the
southern subspecies. In the fall, when food is plentiful...
-
Colonel John
Stuart to
Thomas Jefferson. The
bones were
named Megalonyx jeffersonii, or great-claw, and
became known as Jefferson's three-toed sloth. It...
-
already approximately half the size of the huge Late
Pleistocene Megalonyx jeffersonii from the last ice age. It was
formerly believed,
based on morphological...
-
already approximately half the size of the huge Late
Pleistocene Megalonyx jeffersonii from the last ice age. Some West
Indian island species were as small...
- mastodons, and
giant ground sloths. One
local ground sloth,
Megalonyx jeffersonii, was
subject to the
scholarly investigations of
Thomas Jefferson, who...
-
runway extension in
February 1961, the
fossilized skeleton of a
Megalonyx jeffersonii giant sloth was
discovered and
excavated for
display at the
Burke Museum...
- are home to the
regionally endangered American badger (Taxidea
taxus jeffersonii). As
early as 1861,
Governor Douglas used the name
Cariboo to describe...
-
fertile offspring. A
North American type
formerly referred to as M.
jeffersonii may be a
hybrid between the two species. A 2015
study suggested that...
