#RiseofMammals

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TO MEGATHERIUM -- THE GREAT BEAST.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 2303x1924 -- Spotlight on a close-up shot of a giant ground sloth, a.k.a., Megatherium, an extinct genus of ground sloths endemic to South America that lived from the Early Pliocene through the end of the Pleistocene. 

PARY II: It is best known for the elephant-sized type species M. americanum, sometimes called the giant ground sloth, or the megathere, native to the Pampas through southern Bolivia during the Pleistocene.

EXTINCTION: "Megatherium became extinct around 12,000 years ago during the Quaternary extinction event, which also claimed most other large mammals in the New World. The extinction coincides with the settlement of the Americas, and a kill site where a M. americanum was slaughtered and butchered is known, suggesting that hunting could have caused its extinction."

Source: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/rise-mammals.

Source #2: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium.