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The Cuban crocodile is critically endangered, not extinct. They are threatened as a result of hunting in their very small range (they only lived on a few Caribbean islands; now they only live in Cuba).

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Since it disappeared after the introduction of rats and pigs from Europe, it probably could not compete, with them for food.

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Hairy Ground Sloths lived about 1 million years ago. These huge animals, as large as elephants roamed what is now North and South America. The Ground Sloth is a huge Extinct animal of the sloth family. The largest ground Sloth was 20 feet long and as big as an elephant. The Ancestors of the Hairy Ground Sloths of the ground sloths lived in trees and used there hooked claws to hang from the branch. Ground sloth is a diverse group of extinct sloths. The giant ground sloth lived in what is now South America. Taller than a modern day elephant, it became extinct as recently as five thousand years ago.


What is a large extinct mammal two words g m n s o h?

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