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Published: 2016-01-02 13:52:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 10129; Favourites: 206; Downloads: 0
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Description An E.laurillardi breaking down a thick branch to feed on the leaves.

 Eremotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Megatheriidae, endemic to North America and South America during the Pleistocene epoch. It lived from 4.9 mya—11,000 years ago existing (as a genus) for approximately 4.889 million years.

Some of the species could reach a length up to 6 m (20 ft) and a weight of more than 3 tonnes.

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Fritters56 [2016-01-11 17:26:45 +0000 UTC]

   

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Atanvi [2016-01-09 11:37:29 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! Looks like biiiig and hungry

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Leogon In reply to Atanvi [2016-01-09 12:29:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanksthey tended to be hungry all the time

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Atanvi In reply to Leogon [2016-01-10 10:16:58 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome
XD

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Juho-Lee [2016-01-04 16:46:13 +0000 UTC]

Keep up the good work bro~~ Long time no talk, what have you been up to dude?

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Leogon In reply to Juho-Lee [2016-01-04 20:15:57 +0000 UTC]

Hey mate!Thanks for the visit,How's it going in new year?everything is OK? 

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apexpredator7 [2016-01-03 17:21:57 +0000 UTC]

Great work as usual Leogon! Nice job

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Leogon In reply to apexpredator7 [2016-01-03 17:56:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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MoonyMina [2016-01-03 15:28:54 +0000 UTC]

really cool!

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Leogon In reply to MoonyMina [2016-01-03 17:56:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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Zimices [2016-01-03 09:16:29 +0000 UTC]

Nice, so you are making more extinct sloths! however, if I remember well, Eremotherium (or at leasts E. laurillardi) only had two clawed fingers in its hands...

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Leogon In reply to Zimices [2016-01-03 10:12:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much
To tell the truth, I was -and still am- in doubt about the number of these species' claws!some pics show two,some three and even in some skeletal pics there is fives fingers on their fore feet! but I think I should revise this one as soon as I find more accurate reference pics

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Zimices In reply to Leogon [2016-01-06 00:42:25 +0000 UTC]

Look this blog article: blogs.scientificamerican.com/t…

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Leogon In reply to Zimices [2016-01-07 07:31:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the useful link.I reworked the hands,based on the structure of the bones,it seems they had one big and one little claw.

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Zimices In reply to Leogon [2016-01-08 01:27:28 +0000 UTC]

No problem, indeed had a weird hand! Again, great work.

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Leogon In reply to Zimices [2016-01-08 13:54:58 +0000 UTC]

 

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Maha-ma [2016-01-03 04:22:39 +0000 UTC]

Your page give me a lot of knowledge, and this sloth is very cute , Nice job!

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Leogon In reply to Maha-ma [2016-01-03 07:30:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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Dontknowwhattodraw94 [2016-01-02 22:13:13 +0000 UTC]

Nice artwork

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Leogon In reply to Dontknowwhattodraw94 [2016-01-03 07:30:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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Dontknowwhattodraw94 In reply to Leogon [2016-01-03 09:02:53 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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AchillobatorPrince [2016-01-02 21:34:41 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome! I love it!

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Hashashin619 [2016-01-02 21:29:08 +0000 UTC]

I see a resemblance with modern day bears, is it related to bears?!

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Leogon In reply to Hashashin619 [2016-01-03 07:33:25 +0000 UTC]

Not at all,at least not closely.They belonged to a completely distinct line of mammals,the super order Xenarthra to be exact.the bears belong to the order Carnivora.

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Hashashin619 In reply to Leogon [2016-01-03 09:56:32 +0000 UTC]

Oops, my bad

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Sassy-Cat-Sooo-Catty [2016-01-02 19:37:46 +0000 UTC]

Great work!

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Leogon In reply to Sassy-Cat-Sooo-Catty [2016-01-03 07:33:52 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much

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Ursumeles [2016-01-02 19:19:13 +0000 UTC]

Grate!

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Leogon In reply to Ursumeles [2016-01-02 19:21:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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RandyAinsworth [2016-01-02 17:45:21 +0000 UTC]

Very talented work!!!

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Leogon In reply to RandyAinsworth [2016-01-02 19:07:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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RandyAinsworth In reply to Leogon [2016-01-03 03:31:55 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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ucumari [2016-01-02 16:31:20 +0000 UTC]

excellent really impressive, very good technique and image composition is remarkable, I congratulate you

excelente realmente impresionantes, muy buena la técnica y la composición de  la imagen es notable, te felicito a ti

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Leogon In reply to ucumari [2016-01-02 19:06:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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AnonymousLlama428 [2016-01-02 16:05:56 +0000 UTC]

Just beautiful!

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Leogon In reply to AnonymousLlama428 [2016-01-02 19:06:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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Julianez [2016-01-02 15:23:46 +0000 UTC]

Amazing animal, another great work of yours.

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Leogon In reply to Julianez [2016-01-02 19:05:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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Julianez In reply to Leogon [2016-01-02 20:33:03 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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ThalassoAtrox [2016-01-02 15:10:02 +0000 UTC]

That must have been some sigh for the first people to reach North America.

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Leogon In reply to ThalassoAtrox [2016-01-02 19:05:17 +0000 UTC]

Indeed! there should've been a lot of "giants" around

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