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Megalonyx bucklandi

Megalonyx bucklandi

Classification

Order
Pilosa

Valgipes is an extinct genus of scelidotheriid ground sloth, endemic to intertropical Brazil and Uruguay during the Late Pleistocene. Thought to have been a forest-dwelling browser, Valgipes is a monotypic genus with a complex and long taxonomic history, and is a close relative of Catonyx and Proscelidodon. Taxonomy The taxonomic history of Scelidotheriidae in Brazil is convoluted, and only one species of Valgipes, V.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 1