Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Pilosa, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 100-103 : 101

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scientific name	Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889
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Treatment

Megalonychidae Ameghino 1889 , Acta Acad. Nac. Cienc. Cordoba, Buenos Aires, 6: 690.

Genera: 1 genus with 2 species:

Genus Choloepus Illiger 1811 (2 species with 5 subspecies)

Discussion: Includes Choloepus and approximately 12 genera of extinct sloths, some of which survived to the Holocene on Caribbean islands. Choloepus was formerly included in Bradypodidae (see Hoffstetter, 1969; Patterson and Pascual, 1968 a) or Choloepidae (see Honacki et al., 1982). Placed in Megalonychidae by Webb (1985) and Wetzel (1985 a).