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Definition of Megalonychidae
1. Noun. Mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Suborder Xenarthra, Xenarthra
Member holonyms: Choloepus, Genus Choloepus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megalonychidae
Literary usage of Megalonychidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... FROM PORTO RICO i<i;» generalized members known among the Megalonychidae and
it is among them that the nearest affinities to ..."
2. Iowa Geological Survey: Report (1914)
"... Family Megalonychidae. Ground-sloths of small to large size; with a long and
cylindrical skull, more or less constricted behind the orbits. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1915)
"A single imperfect claw, " definitely recognizable as of Gravi- grade relationship"
and comparable " with some of the smaller Megalonychidae " is reported ..."
4. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina by Albert E. Sanders (2002)
"... in Dorchester County is the first record of this species in the Middle
Pleistocene of South Carolina. Order PILOSA Family Megalonychidae Subfamily ..."
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