Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Pilosa, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 100-103 : 101

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11330856

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scientific name

Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889
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Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889 View in CoL

Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889 View in CoL , Acta Acad. Nac. Cienc. Cordoba, Buenos Aires, 6: 690.

Genera: 1 genus with 2 species:

Genus Choloepus Illiger 1811 (2 species with 5 subspecies)

Discussion: Includes Choloepus and approximately 12 genera of extinct sloths, some of which survived to the Holocene on Caribbean islands. Choloepus was formerly included in Bradypodidae (see Hoffstetter, 1969; Patterson and Pascual, 1968 a) or Choloepidae (see Honacki et al., 1982). Placed in Megalonychidae by Webb (1985) and Wetzel (1985 a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Pilosa

Family

Megalonychidae

Loc

Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Megalonychidae

Ameghino 1889: 690
1889
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