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:
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