Mylodon reconstruction (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Mylodon reconstruction

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Reconstruction of the South American giant ground sloth Mylodon darwinii feeding on the carcass of the hoofed native herbivore Macrauchenia. These extinct mammals roamed the Pleistocene landscape of Patagonia and other parts of high and mid-latitude South America, like this reconstructed scene from about 12,000 years ago in front of the famous Mylodon Cave (Cueva del Milodón) in southern Chile.

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Artistic reconstruction: Jorge Blanco

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