One of the largest ground sloths, the elephant sized Eremotherium laurillardi, which ranged throughout most of South America, Central America and the southern United States until just about 11,000 years ago
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This one is for my licensing library. You can also see a figure showing the manus of this taxon, quickly recognized by the presence of only two claws

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Some time ago I designed this small poster on Eremotherium fur and heat adaptions. With such an incredible range for the genus during interglacial periods, one can only speculate how the biggest of giant sloths dealt with hot and cold climates.
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