Template:Phylogeny/Megatherioidea

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The following sloth family phylogenetic tree is based on collagen and mitochondrial DNA sequence data (see Fig. 4 of Presslee et al., 2019).[1]

Folivora

Megalocnidae (Caribbean sloths)

Mylodontoidea

Scelidotheriidae

Mylodontidae

   

Choloepodidae
(two-toed sloths)

Megatherioidea

Megalonyx jeffersoni

Bradypodidae

Bradypus torquatus

Bradypus pygmaeus

Bradypus tridactylus

Bradypus variegatus

(three-toed sloths)