Ground Sloth Evolution. However new research published today in bmc evolutionary biology suggests this makes them the black sheep of the sloth family. Giant ground sloths evolved in south america around 35 million years ago.
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Today sloths are all small tree climbing animals. Instead most species in this group have been more like the giant ground sloths now long extinct. The ground sloth scelidotherium with a long low body and snout.
Sometimes named a giant ground sloth it roamed this planet as far back as about 35 million years ago and became extinct around 11 000 years ago.
At their earliest appearance in the fossil record the ground sloths were already distinct at the family level. Recent evidence suggests it may have been a burrower. Giant ground sloths evolved in south america around 35 million years ago. The ground sloth scelidotherium with a long low body and snout.
