Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Order Pilosa Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Superorder Xenarthra Suborder Folivora | |
Similar Diabolotherium, Hapalops, Nothrotheriidae, Pronothrotherium, Nothrotherium | ||
Hiskatherium is an extinct genus of small ground sloth from the Miocene of Bolivia. The type species H. saintandrei was named in 2011 on the basis of a lower jaw. Although it has not been placed in a specific family, Hiskatherium is similar to the extinct sloths Hapalops and Xyophorus.
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