Name - Mylodon darwinii

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1172538 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Mylodon darwinii Owen 1839

• Mylodon darwinii Owen 1939

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Recent Publications

• Mylodon darwinii DNA sequences from ancient fecal hair shafts.
• Co-occurrence of mylodontid sloths and insights on their potential distributions during the late Pleistocene.
• Resolving the phylogenetic position of Darwin's extinct ground sloth (Mylodon darwinii) using mitogenomic and nuclear exon data.
• Isotope data from amino acids indicate Darwin's ground sloth was not an herbivore.
• Diet and environment of Mylodon darwinii based on pollen of a Late-Glacial coprolite from the Mylodon Cave in southern Chile.

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