Parocnus dominicanus McAfee et al., 2021
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene (McAfee et al., 2021)
Distribution
Dominican Republic, Hispaniola
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
McAfee, Robert K. et al. (2021). New species of the ground sloth Parocnus from the late Pleistocene–early Holocene of Hispaniola. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 9: 52-82.
Other references:
Harper, Christine M., Cooke, Siobhán B., Goldstein, Deanna M., Almonte-Milán, Juan N. and McAfee, Robert K. (2026). Femoral neck morphology of extinct Caribbean sloths relative to extant xenarthrans. J Mammal Evol 32: 52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-025-09795-y
Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]
McDonald, H. Gregory. (2023). A Tale of Two Continents (and a Few Islands): Ecology and Distribution of Late Pleistocene Sloths. Land 12(6): 1192. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061192