Megatherium
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Megatherium
- Continent
- South America
- Group
- Mammal
- Period
- Neogene, Quaternary (Ice Age)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- Medium (3–9 m)
- Moves
- On two legs, On four legs
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It was a ground sloth as heavy as an elephant, while today's sloths weigh only a few kilograms.
- Charles Darwin collected its fossils in Argentina during his voyage on the Beagle.
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- Irish elk
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q310387 · All prehistoric life · All entries