Giant sloth - Great sloth

Japanese: オオナマケモノ - おおなまけもの
Giant sloth - Great sloth

…A genus of giant extinct mammals belonging to the same order Odonata as anteaters, sloths, and armadillos. Also called the giant sloth. Fossils found in the late Pliocene and Pleistocene strata of South America and southern North America.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "giant sloths" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アリクイやナマケモノ,アルマジロなどと同じ貧歯目に属する巨大な絶滅哺乳類の1属。オオナマケモノともいう。南アメリカおよび北アメリカ南部の鮮新世後期ないし更新世の地層から化石で発見される。…

※「オオナマケモノ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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