mylodon

• Grande mamífero desdentado extinto, do tamanho de um urso, que viveu no Pleistoceno na América do Sul.

A large, bear-sized extinct edentate mammal that lived during the Pleistocene epoch in South America.

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   A large, bear-sized extinct edentate mammal from the Pleistocene epoch, native to South America.

   Preguiça-gigante extinta

   • The mylodon roamed the grasslands of South America during the last ice age.
   • Fossils of the mylodon have been discovered in caves in Patagonia.
   • Scientists believe the mylodon was a herbivore that used its large claws to dig for roots.