Acratocnus

Acratocnus
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean)
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Acratocnus ye skull
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pilosa
Family: †Megalocnidae
Genus: †Acratocnus
Anthony 1916
Type species
†Acratocnus odontrigonus
Anthony, 1916
Species
  • †Acratocnus antillensis Matthew 1931
  • †Acratocnus odontrigonus Anthony 1916
  • †Acratocnus ye MacPhee et al. 2000
  • †Acratocnus simorhynchus Rega, McFarlane, Lundberg & Christenson, 2002
Synonyms
  • Habanocnus Mayo, 1978
  • A. antilliensis:
    • Miocnus antillensis Matthew, 1931
    • Habanocnus hoffstetteri Mayo, 1978
    • Habanocnus paulacoutoi Mayo, 1978
    • Galerocnus jaimezi Arredondo, 1997
    • Paramiocnus riveroi Arredondo and Arredondo, 2000

Acratocnus is an extinct genus of Caribbean sloths that were found on Cuba, Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico during the Late Pleistocene and early-mid Holocene.

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