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.
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Giant ground sloths could reach sizes up to 20 feet in length and weigh up to 4 tons.
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It is believed that the ground sloths did not used to fight.
BradypodidaeMegalonychidae†Megatheriidae†Nothrotheriidae†Mylodontidae†OrophodontidaePaleontologists divide more than 80 genera of ground sloths in multiple families.
what sloths move as fast as lighting
For tens of thousands of years, with the last known ground sloths having gone extinct as recently as 1550 A.D. in the Carribean.
Yes, tree sloths did evolve from a common ancestor with ground sloths. Tree sloths are believed to have evolved from ground-dwelling ancestors, adapting to arboreal life over time. Both tree sloths and ground sloths belong to the same family, Megalonychidae.
giant sloths have a round body and sloped neck and a brown coat [fur] and large claws
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.
Under Ground
Sloths go to the ground to urinate, and they defecate (poop) once a week in a hole in the ground.