- Pleistocene,
living from ~5
million to ~13,000
years ago. The type species, M.
jeffersonii (also
called Jefferson's
ground sloth), the
youngest and
largest known...
- and up to 8.6 kg (19 lb) for males.
Northern subspecies such as T. t.
jeffersonii are
heavier than the
southern subspecies. In the fall, when food is plentiful...
- also
suggest that the
North American type
formerly referred to as M.
jeffersonii may have been a
hybrid between the two species, as it is
apparently morphologically...
-
already approximately half the size of the huge Late
Pleistocene Megalonyx jeffersonii from the last ice age. Some West
Indian island species were as small...
-
Colonel John
Stuart to
Thomas Jefferson. The
bones were
named Megalonyx jeffersonii, or great-claw, and
became known as Jefferson's three-toed sloth. It...
-
already approximately half the size of the huge Late
Pleistocene Megalonyx jeffersonii from the last ice age. It was
formerly believed,
based on morphological...
-
fossil discovery—that of
Thomas Jefferson's
giant ground sloth (Megalonyx
jeffersonii)—had been ****umed to have come
originally from
Organ Cave. Jefferson...
- are home to the
regionally endangered American badger (Taxidea
taxus jeffersonii). As
early as 1861,
Governor Douglas used the name
Cariboo to describe...
-
Megalonyx jeffersonii skeleton,
Natural History Museum of Utah.
Megalonyx mostly likely descended from
Pliometanastes and was
present in
North America...
-
sloths (predominantly
Paramylodon harlani, with much
rarer Megalonyx jeffersonii and
Nothrotheriops shastensis), coyotes,
ancient bison, and the state...
