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I think you mean Megatherium. Megatherium was probably wiped out by humans. It was as big as an elephant and walked on the sides of its feet.
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What do ground sloths and modern sloths have in common?
there both sloths
What do giant sloths look like?
giant sloths have a round body and sloped neck and a brown coat [fur] and large claws
Where do sloths poop from?
Sloths go to the ground to urinate, and they defecate (poop) once a week in a hole in the ground.
How did a giant ground sloth move?
Ground sloths could stand up on their hind legs, but the walked on all fours. They would have had a slow, shuffling or swaggering gait because most species their walked on their knuckles or on the sides of their feet.
What continents did the ground sloths live?
The ground sloths originally evolved in South America. Two million years ago, the Isthmus of Panama connected North and South America. After that, the ground sloths spread into the southern parts of North America, all the way into the southern USA.
Do giant ground sloths live today?
Nope
What are facts about giant ground sloths?
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 family does the giant ground sloth?
BradypodidaeMegalonychidae†Megatheriidae†Nothrotheriidae†Mylodontidae†OrophodontidaePaleontologists divide more than 80 genera of ground sloths in multiple families.
What do ground sloths and modern sloths have in common?
there both sloths
How did ground sloths fight?
It is believed that the ground sloths did not used to fight.
Where did prehistoric sloths live?
Prehistoric sloths known as giant sloths lived in North America.
How long did the giant ground sloth existed?
For tens of thousands of years, with the last known ground sloths having gone extinct as recently as 1550 A.D. in the Carribean.
When did giant ground sloth live?
The Americas originally started out in S. America about 23 million years ago. like most other ground sloths when the Americas first connected they moved up north. ground sloths were some of the only fauna that moved to N. America, many of the N.America species moved south though. the giant ground sloth died out or became extinct 10,000 years ago.
What do giant sloths look like?
giant sloths have a round body and sloped neck and a brown coat [fur] and large claws
Where did ground sloths live?
Under Ground
Do sloths poop?
Sloths go to the ground to urinate, and they defecate (poop) once a week in a hole in the ground.
Where do sloths poop from?
Sloths go to the ground to urinate, and they defecate (poop) once a week in a hole in the ground.
