Megatherium americanum

Summary

Megatherium americanum is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Megatherium americanum's image is recorded as Megatherium americanum Skeleton NHM.JPG^[3].
• Megatherium americanum's image is recorded as Megatherium NT small.jpg^[4].
• Megatherium americanum's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[5].
• Megatherium americanum's taxon rank is recorded as species^[6].
• Megatherium americanum's parent taxon is recorded as Megatherium^[7].
• Megatherium americanum's taxon name is recorded as Megatherium americanum^[8].
• Megatherium americanum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2546660^[9].
• Megatherium americanum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4471794^[10].
• Megatherium americanum's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 83805^[11].
• Megatherium americanum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4834466^[12].
• Megatherium americanum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/giant-ground-sloth^[13].
• Megatherium americanum's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121cs01s^[14].
• Megatherium americanum's UMLS CUI is recorded as C5250852^[15].
• Megatherium americanum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 317765^[16].
• Megatherium americanum's NE.se ID is recorded as megatherium^[17].
• Megatherium americanum's IRMNG ID is recorded as 10917706^[18].
• Megatherium americanum's AnimalBase ID is recorded as 9834^[19].
• Megatherium americanum's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 83805^[20].
• Megatherium americanum's Reddit topic ID is recorded as megatherium^[21].

Why It Matters

Megatherium americanum ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]