Megatherium

Japanese: メガテリウム（英語表記）Megatherium

A representative fossil genus of the family Megatheridae of the order Rodentia. A large herbivore with bony platelets in its skin. It has a low, long skull and strong jaw arches. Its teeth are tubular. Its limbs are sturdy, with prehensile forelimbs and plantigrade hindlimbs with sharp claws, and it walks by bending the tips of its forelimbs. It has been found in Cenozoic strata in South America and Pleistocene strata in North America. Its body length is about 6m.

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Japanese:

貧歯目メガテリウム科の代表的化石属。大型の草食獣で皮膚には骨質小板がある。頭骨は低く長く，顎弓は強い。歯は管状。四肢は頑丈で，前肢は把握的，後肢は蹠行性で鋭い爪をもち，前肢の指先を折り曲げて歩行する。南アメリカの新生代，北アメリカの更新世の地層に発見される。体長は約 6m。

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