Acratocnus is an extinct genus of ground sloths that were found on Cuba, Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico. Like all...
(322 lb) or 270 kilograms (600 lb), with the smallest genera Neocnus and Acratocnus estimated to only weigh 8–15 kilograms (18–33 lb). Like other sloths megalocnids...
sloth fauna. Acratocnus simorhynchus, a sloth from eastern Hispaniola known from remains dated to about 20,000 years before present. Acratocnus ye, a sloth...
bear when alive. Its relatives include other megalocnid sloths, such as Acratocnus, Mesocnus, Miocnus, Neocnus and Parocnus. The former species M. zile from...
continent. Megalocnus were the largest genus at up to 90 kilograms (200 lb), Acratocnus were medium-sized relatives of modern two-toed sloths endemic to Cuba...
Escudo de Veraguas, Panama Critically endangered Brown-throated sloth Acratocnus A. antillensis A. odontrigonus A. ye Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico...
Puerto Rico, the greater Puerto Rican sloth (Acratocnus major) and the lesser Puerto Rican sloth (Acratocnus odontrigonus). G. Morgan (2001). "Patterns...
and east China Undetermined. 1738-1500 BC Puerto Rican ground sloth Acratocnus odontrigonus Puerto Rico 1738-1385 BC Christensen's pademelon Thylogale...
was mainly composed of several ground sloth genera, such as Megalocnus, Acratocnus, and Parocnus. along with large tortoises and rodents. The thicker hides...
Comments Pictures Cuban sloth Acratocnus antillensis Cuba Most recent remains dated to 5050-4050 BCE. Puerto Rican sloth Acratocnus odontrigonus Puerto Rico...
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