1.Previous
3.Next

in combination with mobile tongues. Some ground sloths have canine-like teeth at the front of the jaws separated from the other teeth by a gap (diastema). The hands of ground sloths have ungual phalanges that indicate that they had well developed claws. In many ground sloth families (Megatheriidae, Mylodontidae, Scelidotheriidae and Nothrotheriidae), the hindfoot is inwardly rotated, meaning sole faces inwards and that the body weight was primarily borne on the fifth metatarsus

1.Previous
3.Next