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Acratocnus
Genus of sloths / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Acratocnus is an extinct genus of Caribbean sloths that were found on Cuba, Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico during the Late Pleistocene and early-mid Holocene.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pilosa |
Family: | †Megalocnidae |
Genus: | †Acratocnus Anthony 1916 |
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†Acratocnus odontrigonus Anthony, 1916 | |
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