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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

 

 

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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

 

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