Megalonychidae (Noun)
Meaning
Mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Megalonychidae is an extinct family of sloths, although it does include the living two-toed sloths.
- The Megalonychidae family includes some of the largest ground sloths that have ever existed.
- Some extinct species within the Megalonychidae family are thought to have reached lengths of up to 6 meters.
- Researchers believe that Megalonychidae members went extinct at the end of the last ice age.
- Linnaeus initially placed Megalonychidae members within the family Bradypodidae.