#hapalops

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Addendum to the bipedal sloth post: we don't know if all ground sloth were able to go bipedal, however we do know that some of them would have looked rather silly when doing so.

Here it's Hapalops

[vickysaurus-art]

On the edge of a Miocene South American grassland, a group of Thoatherium is ambushed by a Phorusrhacos. They scatter, but the terror bird catches one of the litopterns, lifts it high up into the air, and SLAMS it down on the ground to kill it. Other nearby animals have mixed feelings about this situation. Tupinambis flees for its life, while Dryornis flies a little closer in case it can have a bit for itself. Hapalops and Astrapotherium are unbothered and have business of their own to take care of.

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Results from the Sloth #paleostream! Hapalops, Diabolotherium, Glossotherium and Paramylodon.

[lostbeasts]

Hapalops. The earliest known ground sloth, it lived during the Miocene epoch and grew up to the size of a small sheep. It had few weak teeth, meaning that it probably ate soft leaves and let this food ferment in its gut to compensate.