Mylodon

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Illustration of Mylodon robustus, a giant ground sloth, from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition. Mylodon lived in the Patagonia area of South America from the Pleistocene to about 10,000 years ago. It was 10 feet tall when standing on its hind legs.

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