Definition of Genus mylodon

1. Noun. Type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae.

Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Mylodontidae, Mylodontidae
Member holonyms: Mylodon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mylodon

genus Muscardinus
genus Muscari
genus Muscicapa
genus Muscivora
genus Musophaga
genus Mustela
genus Mustelus
genus Mutinus
genus Mutisia
genus Mya
genus Myadestes
genus Mycobacterium
genus Mycoplasma
genus Mycteria
genus Mycteroperca
genus Mylodon
genus Myocastor
genus Myopus
genus Myosotis
genus Myotis
genus Myrciaria
genus Myrica
genus Myricaria
genus Myriophyllum
genus Myristica
genus Myrmecia
genus Myrmecobius
genus Myrmecophaga
genus Myrmeleon
genus Myroxylon

Literary usage of Genus mylodon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"WAGNER on the genus Mylodon. By Prof. OWEN, FRS To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. ... 60) relates to the genus Mylodon, and Prof. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"... and assigned it to the genus Mylodon. Some doubt as to the validity of the ... the asphalt deposits, should apparently be placed in the genus Mylodon. ..."

3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"... it might fairly enouch be taken on a superficial view to have belonged to Üie genus Mylodon, though a closer examination would ..."

4. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The genus Mylodon comprises large Sloth-like animals, of which the best known is the Mylodon robustus (fig. 344). In its size, Mylodon robustus was smaller ..."

5. Science for the School and Family by Worthington Hooker (1894)
"Of the three species of one genus, Mylodon, the skeleton of one, Mylodon robustus, is represented in ..."

6. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"The allied genus Mylodon, including smaller forms which may be compared in size to rhinoceroses, differs from the preceding in the structure of the teeth, ..."

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