Urumacotherium

Urumacotherium (meaning "Urumaco beast") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Mylodontidae. It lived from the Middle Miocene to the Early Pliocene of what is now Brazil, Peru and Venezuela.

Urumacotherium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: Mylodontidae
Genus: Urumacotherium
Bocquentin-Villanueva 1983
Type species
Urumacotherium garciai
Bocquentin-Villanueva, 1983
Other species
  • U. campbelli Frailey 1986
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