Eremotherium (SciiFii)

The northern giant ground sloth (Eremotherium rusconi) is a species of ground sloth of the family Megatheriidae, endemic to northern South America, Central America, and parts of southern North America and once lived during the Pleistocene epoch and also once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced throughout the northern South America, Central America, and southern North America to help boost biodiversity. It lived from 4.9 mya —11,000 years ago existing (as a genus) for approximately 4.889 million years. The northern giant ground sloth is among the largest known ground sloths, rivalling the South American giant ground sloth in size, reaching a length up to 20 feet (6 meters) and weigh more than 3 tonnes. The original Eremotherium populations arrived in North America during the Late Pliocene or earliest Pleistocene during the Great American Interchange. Despite its massive size, it is normally a peaceful and gentle giant that only feeds on plants such as leaves, fruits, shrubs, and, occasionally, grasses. It has a robust skeleton with a large pelvic girdle and a broad muscular tail. Its large size enable it to feed at heights unreachable by other contemporary herbivores. Although it is primarily a quadruped, it can rise on its powerful hind legs and using its tail to form a tripod, supporting its massive body weight while using the curved claws on its long forelegs to pull down branches with the choicest leaves. It has a narrow, cone-shaped mouth and prehensile lips that are used to select particular plants and fruits, and it also has a long prehensile tounge like a giraffe to help it in eating plants. This sloth, like an anteater, walk on the sides of its feet because its claws prevent it from putting them flat on the ground. Due to its massive size, its fur is short and not as densely packed, as a way to prevent the animal from overheating. Just like elephants, northern giant ground sloths are social herd-dwelling animals and protect unrelated calves against any potential danger. The conservation status of the northern giant ground sloth is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the northern giant ground sloth's wide natural range, which has since expanded in North America, due to more suitable, warmer temperatures, the northern ground sloths are now found throughout the western, southwestern, southern, southeastern, and eastern United States.
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