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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | †Mylodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Mylodontinae |
| Genus: | †Mylodonopsis Cartelle 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Mylodonopsis ibseni Cartelle 1991 | |
Mylodonopsis is an extinct genusofground sloth, containing a single species, Mylodonopsis ibseni from the Late PleistoceneofBrazil. It is a member of the family Mylodontidae. Although only known from fragmentary fossil remains, it has been proposed to be closely related to Mylodon.[1]
It is suggested to have been a mixed feeder, being capable of both browsing and grazing.[2] Two M. ibseni haemal arches and a caudal vertebra recovered from Gruta dos Brejões show evidence of palaeopathologies in the form of eroded articular surfaces.[3]
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