Megatherium

Megatherium (/mɛɡəˈθɪəriəm/ meg-ə-THEER-ee-əm from the Greek mega [μέγας], meaning "great", and therion [θηρίον], "beast") was a genus of elephant-sized ground sloths endemic to South America, sometimes called the giant ground sloth, that lived from the Early Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene. Among land mammals, its size was exceeded by only a few other species, including mammoths and the much older Paraceratherium.
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Prehistoric sloths
Category:Prehistoric mammal genera
Category:Pliocene xenarthrans
Category:Fossils of argentina
Category:Fossils of brazil
Category:Fossils of chile