Ground sloth

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title: Ground sloth
text: 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 Lestodon, Eremotherium and Megatherium, being around the size of elephants. Ground sloths represent a paraphyletic group, as living tree sloths are thought to have evolved from ground sloth ancestors. The early evolution of ground sloths took place during the late Paleogene and Neogene of South America, while the continent was isolated. At th
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description: Diverse group of extinct sloth species
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_sloth
date created: 2003-07-24T18:16:56Z
date modified: 2024-09-10T18:46:10Z
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