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Xenarthra Collection

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Ground sloth droppings or coprolite

Ground sloth droppings or coprolite
Ground sloth (Mylodon darwinii) fossilised droppings or coprolite, 13, 000 year old specimen from the Pleistocene, Chile

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Megatherium, giant ground sloth

Megatherium, giant ground sloth
Skeleton of an extinct creature that roamed cool, dry, scrub and grasslands of South America 100, 000 years ago. On display at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Great Irish Elk, Megatherium

Great Irish Elk, Megatherium
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Restorations of animals from Tertiary period

Restorations of animals from Tertiary period
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Giant Ground Sloth, Natural History Museum

Giant Ground Sloth, Natural History Museum
Photograph of a Skeleton of the Giant Ground Sloth (Megatherium Americanum). July 1902. Archive ref: PH/173/244 Date: 1902

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Megatherium and Glyptodon

Megatherium and Glyptodon
Sheet 5 of a series of posters by Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862 showing Megatherium and Glyptodon. Date: circa 1862

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Sketch by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Sketch by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Dasypus novemcinctus, Nine-banded armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus, Nine-banded armadillo
Hand coloured lithograph by John James Audubon from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 1848. Date: 1848

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Mylodon

Mylodon
Illustration (p.140) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth

Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth
Jaw bone collected by Charles Darwin when he stepped off the Beagle in Argentina. First officially recorded by Richard Owen, the first Superintendent of the Museum

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Megatherium americanum, giant ground sloth

Megatherium americanum, giant ground sloth

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Tail of a Glyptodon

Tail of a Glyptodon
The Glyptodon, a massive fully armoured mammal that lived during the Pleistocene period. Remains have been discovered in Argentina

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Tortoise and armadillo comparison

Tortoise and armadillo comparison
A really strange picture, reminds me of 1960s New York art

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Waterhouse Way, the Natural History Museum

Waterhouse Way, the Natural History Museum
Children in Waterhouse Way looking at the Megatherium, or giant sloth skeleton, Gallery 20, Life Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Glyptodon claipes

Glyptodon claipes specimen on display in the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London. It was the most armoured of all the ice age mammals

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth toenails

Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth toenails
13, 000 year old specimens of ground sloth toenails dating from the Pleistocene, Chile

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Ground sloth skin

Ground sloth skin
Skin of the extinct ground sloth (Mylodon darwinii). This is a 13, 000 year old specimen from the Pleistocene, Chile

Background imageXenarthra Collection: Megatherium skeleton

Megatherium skeleton
Plate 72 from Le Regne Animal Vol 2 by Georges Cuvier


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