Family Megalonychidae (Noun)
Meaning
Mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The family Megalonychidae consists of the two-toed sloths and is one of the different evolutionary families of the sloth superorder.
- The fossil records show that the family Megalonychidae had a much broader geographic range than they have now.
- The family Megalonychidae often gets divided into two distinct groups: the extinct ground sloths and the modern arboreal sloths.
- Molecular phylogenetic studies have revealed that the family Megalonychidae of two-toed sloths belongs to the sloth superorder.
- The family Megalonychidae belongs to one of the different mammalian families which went through several adaptations throughout history.