Acratocnus Anthony 1916 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

Parent taxon: Choloepodinae according to L. Varela et al. 2019

See also Gaudin 1995, Pujos et al. 2007 and White and MacPhee 2001

Sister taxa: Acratocnini, Choloepodini, Choloepus, Cubanocnini, Neocnus, Paulocnus

Subtaxa: Acratocnus antillensis Acratocnus odontrigonus Acratocnus ye

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cuba (3 collections), the Dominican Republic (4), Puerto Rico (1)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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