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n. - Large (bear-sized) extinct edentate mammal of the Pleistocene in South America.

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  • See the vast mylodon, the scelidothere, and the still more colossal megathere!
  • Among the species whose bones were found were the macrauchenia, tiger, horse, and mylodon.
  • At any rate, with this example before us, we need not wonder overmuch at the ability of megatherium and mylodon to hold their own in the presence of the sabretooth.
  • Of the mylodon Doctor Moreno found not only comparatively fresh bones, with bits of sinew, but dried dung—almost as large as that of an elephant—and some big pieces of skin.
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