Eremotherium

Translingual

Eremotherium laurillardi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “desert”) + -therium.

Proper noun

†Eremotherium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the order Pilosa – certain extinct social ground sloths of the Pleistocene, endemic to Central America and parts of northern South America and southern North America.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Xenarthra - superorder; Pilosa - order; †Megatheriidae - family; †Megatherinae - subfamily; †Megatheriini - tribe; †Megatheriina - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): †Eremotherium eomigrans, †Eremotherium laurillardi, †Eremotherium rusconi (species)

References

• Eremotherium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eremotherium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eremotherium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons