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They died out 4,200 years ao so there are none living now. They lived in North and South America.

Prehistoric Distribution in North America.

  • Paramylodon: widely distributed across U.S., especially in western states (excluding the Colorado Plateau) (McDonald et al 2004)
  • Nothrotheriops shastensis: primarily western U.S. but also in Florida, Texas, Mexico. (McDonald 1985)
  • Megalonyx : wide distribution in over 150 sites in United States, including Alaska, northwestern Canada, Mexico
  • Fossils of three taxonomic families of sloths were found at Rancho La Brea asphalt deposits in California.
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They died out 4,200 years ao so there are none living now. They lived in North and South America.

Prehistoric Distribution in North America.

  • Paramylodon: widely distributed across U.S., especially in western states (excluding the Colorado Plateau) (McDonald et al 2004)
  • Nothrotheriops shastensis: primarily western U.S. but also in Florida, Texas, Mexico. (McDonald 1985)
  • Megalonyx : wide distribution in over 150 sites in United States, including Alaska, northwestern Canada, Mexico
  • Fossils of three taxonomic families of sloths were found at Rancho La Brea asphalt deposits in California.
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Do giant ground sloths live today?

Nope


Where did prehistoric sloths live?

Prehistoric sloths known as giant sloths lived in North America.


Where did ground sloths live?

Under Ground


When did ground sloths live?

The Ice age


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.


Do sloths live in Mexico?

sloths live in the flats ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••


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.


Do sloths go on the ground?

no they stay in trees to live that's where their food is They go to the ground to defacate.


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.


What family does the giant ground sloth?

BradypodidaeMegalonychidae†Megatheriidae†Nothrotheriidae†Mylodontidae†OrophodontidaePaleontologists divide more than 80 genera of ground sloths in multiple families.


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.