Hapalops
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Hapalops indifferens is an extinct genus of ground sloth.
Though related to the giant Megatherium, Hapalops was much smaller, measuring about 1 m (3 ft 4 inches) in length. While it is classified as a ground sloth, Hapalops probably lived in trees most of their lives. It had a robust body, short skull and long limbs with large, curved claws. When it did visit the ground the animal probably walked on the knuckles of its forelimbs, like a gorilla. Hapalops lived during the late Oligocene, approximately 25 million years back. The Hapalops had very few teeth and no incisors, and its jawbones had only four pairs of teeth [1]. It is likely that this animal's metabolism was very slow.
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