Valgipes

Valgipes
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
~0.126–0.010 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Xenarthra
Family: Mylodontidae
Subfamily: Scelidotheriinae
Genus: Valgipes
Species: V. bucklandi

Valgipes is an extinct genus of sloths, endemic to South America during the Late Pleistocene, it was found in Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.[1]

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