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Where did prehistoric sloths live?

Prehistoric sloths lived in various habitats across the Americas, including North America, South America, and the Caribbean. They inhabited diverse environments such as forests, grasslands, and even mountainous regions. Some sloth species were adapted to live in trees while others were ground-dwellers.


What type of herbivore lived during the Pleistocene epoch?

The woolly mammoth, ground sloths, and megafauna such as mastodons and giant beavers were some of the herbivores that lived during the Pleistocene epoch.


Is a sloth classified as a herbivore an omnivore or a carnivore?

Giant Ground Sloths diesd out about 4,200 years ago. Their diet was generally plant based but ir is suspected that (based non gnawed bones) that they ate carrion when they found it. They also were not above snacking on ground nesting birds and insectcts as bell. This makes them very similar in diet to present day deer.and cattle. They could be described as opportunistic omnivores - they'll eat meat when they can but subsist generally on plants


Where first prehistory animal fossil found?

Humans have been finding fossils around the world for thousands of years. However, it wasn't until relatively recenty (the last couple of centuries) that fossils were recognized as being the remains of ancient extinct animals.


What evidence is there that a comet or asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs?

An uncommon belt of dust with radioactive elements is found just where many dinosaur remains cease to be found (chronologically speaking). The layer of dust corresponds to an impact of a giant asteroid in what is now the Gulf of Mexico called the Chicxulub crater, just north of the Yucatan peninsula.

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Where have giant sloths remains been found?

it has been found in Arizona


Where have giant ground sloth remains been found?

it has been found in Arizona


Do giant ground sloths live today?

Nope


How many babies a giant ground sloth can have?

Giant ground sloths, which are extinct, likely had similar reproductive patterns to modern sloths. It is believed they may have given birth to one offspring at a time, as is typical for many larger mammals. However, specific numbers for giant ground sloths are not well-documented due to the lack of direct observations.


How big was the giant ground sloth?

Giant ground sloths could reach sizes up to 20 feet in length and weigh up to 4 tons.


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.


Were petrified remains of a giant found in South Africa?

Yes, they found evidence of a giant in Motapolou last month. The giant's remains included an incredibly large fossil of the phallus.


What is a giant sloths's diet?

They probably fed on leaves found on lower branches,trees,or bushes.


What prehistoric animals were found in Georgia?

Giant sloths and early humans lived in prehistoric Georgia.


What family does the giant ground sloth?

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


Where did the giant ground sloths live?

for as long as we known they have been found around the southern tip of Australia probably after the super continent started separating. it is not sure how or what they survived on because the giant sloth had a weak digestive system and most plant material they ate were very hard to find.


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.