Eremotherium (from Greek for "steppe" or "desert beast": ἔρημος "steppe or desert" and θηρίον "beast") is an extinct genus of giant ground sloth in the...
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varied widely in size with the largest, belonging to genera Lestodon, Eremotherium and Megatherium, being around the size of elephants. Ground sloths represent...
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built Megatherium (given its name 'great beast' by Georges Cuvier) and Eremotherium. An early genus that was originally considered a megatheriid, the more...
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Megatheriidae, which also includes the closely related and similarly giant Eremotherium, comparable in size to M. americanum, which was native to tropical South...
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extinct megafauna species, including the elephant-sized giant ground sloth Eremotherium, the rhinoceros-like Mixotoxodon, the gomphothere (elephant-relative)...
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tonne) – much smaller than some of its contemporary species such as the Eremotherium, which could easily weigh over two tonnes and be 6 metres (20 ft) long...
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extirpated, range partially recolonised) (C) All remaining ground sloth spp. Eremotherium (megatheriid giant ground sloth) (H) Nothrotheriops (nothrotheriid ground...
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short tons) in weight.[citation needed] The largest known pilosan is Eremotherium, a ground sloth with an estimated weight of up to 6.55 t (7.22 short...
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