ground sloth
noun
: any of various often huge extinct American edentates related to the recent sloths
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At the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago, a ground sloth that stood 8 to 10 feet tall went extinct.
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
Grooves in the Ground White Sands National Park is home to a high concentration of ancient vertebrate tracks, from marks left by mammoths and ground sloths to some of the oldest human footprints, some of which are also dated to around 22,000 years old.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
Where is the habitat for an animal that was adapted for preying on now-extinct megafauna like ground sloths and giant bison?
—Pepper Trail, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
While giant ground sloths, armadillos and even terror birds wandered to the north, fossil elephants called gomphotheres were among the many animal groups to expand into South America.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025
Grooves in the Ground White Sands National Park is home to a high concentration of ancient vertebrate tracks, from marks left by mammoths and ground sloths to some of the oldest human footprints, some of which are also dated to around 22,000 years old.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
Where is the habitat for an animal that was adapted for preying on now-extinct megafauna like ground sloths and giant bison?
—Pepper Trail, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
While giant ground sloths, armadillos and even terror birds wandered to the north, fossil elephants called gomphotheres were among the many animal groups to expand into South America.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Ground sloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20sloth. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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