ground sloth

noun

: any of various often huge extinct American edentates related to the recent sloths

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The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos. —

Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024 Meanwhile, South American megafauna moved northward, including giant ground sloths and glyptodonts (enormous armadillos). —

Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024 However, roughly 10,000 years ago, giant ground sloths disappeared from the geological record. —

Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024 Facts About One of the Biggest Sharks in History Other ground sloths employed strange defensive measures. —

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