Nothrotherium maquinense Lund, 1839
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Brazil
Biology & Ecology
"Carbon and oxygen isotopic values from P. onca [i.e. Jaguar] allow us to suggest that these individuals lived in arboreal savanna habitat between 26 and 33 kyr BP, could reach 209 kg and feed mainly on Nothrotherium maquinense, Tapirus terrestris and Alouatta sp., being a specialist."
(Dantas et al., 2022)
May have been a climber (Santos et al., 2023).
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Dantas, Mário A. T. (2022). Estimating the body mass of the Late Pleistocene megafauna from the South America Intertropical Region and a new regression to estimate the body mass of extinct xenarthrans. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103900
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