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Learn about sloths, the herbivorous mammals that lived during the ice ages and appeared in the Ice Age movies. Find out their traits, history, appearances, and known sloths from the franchise.
- Dave Roos
- Giant Short-Faced Bear. Illustration of the Giant Short-Faced Bear in North American during Ice Age. Giant, indeed. The giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) was the largest carnivorous mammal to ever roam North America.
- Saber-Toothed Tiger and Scimitar Cat. A 3D rendering of a saber-toothed tiger. The saber-toothed tiger (Smilodon fatalis) is one of the most iconic animals of Ice Age North America.
- Dire Wolf. An illustration of the dire wolf from the Late Pleistocene of North America. Its skull could reach up to 12 inches in length and its teeth were larger than today’s gray wolves.
- Mammoth and Mastodon. Illustration of a woolly mammoth. The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is one of the most famous extinct Ice Age megafauna.
Nov 5, 2016 · Learn about the giant ground sloth, a large herbivore that lived in the Americas during the Ice Age. Find out how it was related to modern sloths, anteaters and armadillos, and what fossils have been found.
Apr 29, 2015 · Learn how the giant sloths, one of the most successful Ice Age megafauna, disappeared from the continents but persisted on islands until 4,200 years ago. Find out how human arrival, climate change, and other factors may have influenced their extinction.
- Riley Black
Learn about the extinct sloth that lived in Iowa during the Pleistocene epoch, when glaciers covered most of the state. See its fossil, size, diet, and possible extinction causes.
Feb 7, 2024 · However, roughly 10,000 years ago, giant ground sloths disappeared from the geological record. Climate change was altering life on Earth and the Ice Age covered regions in ice that were once fertile habitats for giant ground sloths. The first humans were also entering the Americas.
Jefferson’s ground sloth, Megalonyx jeffersonii, is a Megalonychid ground sloth and one of two types of ground sloth that have been recovered from Ice Age sites in the Midwest.
