Megatheriidae
Also known as: Giant Ground Sloths, Perezosos gigantes, Preguiças-gigantes, Óriáslajhár-félék, 大地懶
Recorded as extinct.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Pilosa |
| Family | Megatheriidae |
| Genera | 30 |
| Species records held | 116 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 185 |
| GBIF key | 3239349 |
Genera in Megatheriidae
- Hapalops — 41 species: Hapalops aguirrei, Hapalops angustipalatus, Hapalops antistis, Hapalops atlanticus, Hapalops australis, Hapalops boulei, Hapalops brachycephalus, Hapalops brevipalatus
- Megatherium — 18 species: Megatherium altiplanicum, Megatherium americanum, Megatherium bergi, Megatherium burmeisteri, Megatherium celendinense, Megatherium gallardoi, Megatherium gaudryi, Megatherium istilarti
- Pelecyodon — 6 species: Pelecyodon arcuatus, Pelecyodon bombifrons, Pelecyodon cristatus, Pelecyodon maximus, Pelecyodon petraeus, Pelecyodon robustus
- Planops — 5 species: Planops grandis, Planops longirostratus, Planops magnus, Planops martini, Planops obesus
- Promegatherium — 5 species: Promegatherium andinum, Promegatherium cabrerai, Promegatherium parvulum, Promegatherium remulsum, Promegatherium smaltatum
- Pyramiodontherium — 4 species: Pyramiodontherium bergi, Pyramiodontherium brevirostrum, Pyramiodontherium carlesi, Pyramiodontherium scillatoyanei
- Eomegatherium — 3 species: Eomegatherium andinum, Eomegatherium cabrerai, Eomegatherium nanum
- Hapaloides — 3 species: Hapaloides ignavus, Hapaloides laeviusculus, Hapaloides ponderosus
- Prepotherium — 3 species: Prepotherium filholi, Prepotherium moyani, Prepotherium potens
- Proscelidodon — 3 species: Proscelidodon gracillimus, Proscelidodon patrius, Proscelidodon rothi
- Schismotherium — 3 species: Schismotherium binum, Schismotherium fractum, Schismotherium splendens
- Analcimorphus — 2 species: Analcimorphus giganteus, Analcimorphus inversus
- Eremotherium — 2 species: Eremotherium eomigrans, Eremotherium sefvei
- Hyperleptus — 2 species: Hyperleptus garzonianus, Hyperleptus sectus
- Plesiomegatherium — 2 species: Plesiomegatherium halmyronomum, Plesiomegatherium hansmeyeri
- Anisodontherium — 1 species: Anisodontherium halmyronomum
- Interodon — 1 species: Interodon crassidens
- Megathericulus — 1 species: Megathericulus patagonicus
- Megatheridium — 1 species: Megatheridium annectens
- Megatheriops — 1 species: Megatheriops rectidens
- Neohapalops — 1 species: Neohapalops rothi
- Ocnopus — 1 species: Ocnopus gracilis
- Prepoplanops — 1 species: Prepoplanops boleadorensis
- Prepotheriops — 1 species: Prepotheriops megatheroides
- Proeremotherium — 1 species:
- Proprepotherium — 1 species:
- Sibotherium — 1 species:
- Urumaquia — 1 species:
- Zamicrus — 1 species:
- Diellipsodon
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.