Folivora darat

Folivora darat Rentang waktu: 35–0.005 jtyl PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Eosen Akhir – Holosen
Pajangan AMNH (dari kiri) Megalocnus rodens, Scelidotherium cuvieri, Megalonyx wheatleyi, Glossotherium robustus
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Kelas:	Mammalia
Superordo:	Xenarthra
Ordo:	Pilosa
Subordo:	Folivora (partim)
Famili
†Megalonychidae (sebagian) †Megalocnidae †Megatheriidae †Nothrotheriidae †Mylodontidae †Scelidotheriidae

Folivora darat adalah sekelompok besar folivora yang sudah punah, dalam superordo mamalia Xenarthra. 'Mereka telah punah baru-baru ini pada tahun 1550 SM di Hispaniola dan Kuba,^[1] tetapi banyak di antaranya yang lebih lama punah di dataran Amerika Utara dan Amerika Selatan. Sebutan "folivora darat" digunakan untuk sejumlah jenis folivora punah karena spesies yang pertama ditemukan berukuran besar, berbeda dengan "folivora pohon modern". Tetapi, tidak semua folivora punah benar-benar hidup di atas tanah di habitatnya.^[2]

Paleontolog membagi lebih dari 80 genera folivora darat dalam beberapa famili.^[3]

Kriptozoolog kadang mengidentifikasi mapinguari, makhluk hutan legenda di dataran Utara Amazon, dengan folivora darat tropis.

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• Sloth World: An Online Sloth Bibliography.
• Picture and information about a ground sloth skeleton on display at the University of Georgia's Science Library. Diarsipkan 2007-05-29 di Wayback Machine.
• Academy of Natural Sciences ground sloth page. Diarsipkan 2006-08-23 di Wayback Machine.
• Illinois State Museum ground sloth page.
• Ground sloths at La Brea. Diarsipkan 2004-02-06 di Wayback Machine.
• Eremotherium in Florida. Diarsipkan 2006-09-07 di Wayback Machine.
• Have some ground sloths survived in Argentina?
• Ground sloths in general. Diarsipkan 2003-12-06 di Wayback Machine.
• Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology Hemet, CA