Eremotherium

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Pilosa

Family: Megatheriidae

Genus:  Eremotherium

Species: E. laurillardi

               E. eomigrans

               E. rusconi

Temporal Range: Late Pliocene - Pleistocene

Eremotherium is an extinct genus of ground sloth of the family Megatheriidae, endemic to North America and South America during the Pleistocene epoch. It roamed the planet for about 5 million years. It is a solitary beast.

It is about 6 meters long herbivore animal with long deadly claws. It is one of the largest ground sloth of all time.

The fossils have been uncovered from Chaltham County, Georgia, Berkeley County, South Carolina; Espirito Santo, and Pedra Preta, Brazil; Tarapoto, Peru; Rio Canas, Ecuador.

 E. eomigrans fossil was found in Florida only. It lived from 4.9 mya - 300,000 years ago. (4.6 million years)

E. laurillardi fossil was from the southern U.S. to Brazil. It lived from 780,000 - 11,000 years ago. (0.769 million years)