Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Xenarthra
Family: Nothrotheriidae
Genus: Nothrotherium
Species: N. maquinense Lund
N. escrivanense
It is an extinct genus of medium-sized ground sloth from South America and Mexico. It differs from Nothrotheriops in smaller size and differences in skull and hind leg bones, but genera can be traced back to Hapolops, the genus which both evolved from in different ecoloogical conditions. These browsing ground sloths consumed roots, stems, seeds and leaves of various desert plants, such as the yucca and agave.
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