Glossotherium (SciiFii)

The burrowing ground sloth (Glossotherium robustum) is a species of medium-sized ground sloth that originally lived in what is now South America and North America from the Pliocene to the earliest part of the Holocene and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced to the modern forests, open woodlands, grasslands, scrublands, and deserts of South America and North America to help boost biodiversity. It is a heavily built animal with a length of about 4 metres (13 feet) snout to tail-tip and can weigh around 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) when fully grown. As its name implies, it is known to make large burrows for shelter against predators and for sleeping during nighttime. The burrowing ground sloth is a herbivore like all ground sloths, feeding mainly on leaves, grasses, and a wider range of other foliage. With a low metabolic rate, a large body size, a consequently reduced energy requirement for its weight, and an extraordinarily large gut that has a foregut fermentation site, it can survive better on foods of lower nutritional value than other sloths can. The conservation status of the burrowing ground sloth is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the burrowing ground sloth's wide natural range, and its ability to tolerate habitat disturbance at a level similar to whitetail/mule deer, allowing it to survive and flourish in parts of cities and suburbs.
Category:Animals
Category:SciiFii
Category:Cenozoic Park
Category:Mammals