Harlan's ground sloth

English

Etymology

In honor of American paleontologist Dr. Richard Harlan, who first discovered and described the lower jaw in 1835.

Noun

Harlan's ground sloth (plural Harlan's ground sloths)

  1. Any of an extinct species, †Paramylodon harlani of ground sloths, from Pleistocene North America.
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