See also:

• MYLODON (Gr. for " mill-tooth " from /Ark in, and Mobs)

MYLODON (Gr. for " See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill-tooth " from /See also:

• ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

Ark in, and Mobs)  , a genus of See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct See also:

• AMERICAN

American edentate mammals, typified by a See also:

• SPECIES

species (M. harlani) from the See also:

• PLEISTOCENE

Pleistocene of See also:

• KENTUCKY

Kentucky and other parts of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, but more abundantly represented in the corresponding formations of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America, especially See also:

• ARGENTINA

Argentina and See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil . The mylodons belong to the See also:

• GROUP

group of ground-sloths, and are generally included in the See also:

• FAMILY

family Megatheriidae, although sometimes made the type of a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate family . From Megatherium these animals, which rivalled the Indianrhinoceros in bulk, differ in the shape of their cheek-See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth; these (five above and four below) being much smaller, with an ovate See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section, and a cupped instead of a ridged See also:

• CROWN

crown-See also:

• SURFACE

surface, thus resembling those of the true sloths . In certain species of See also:

• MYLODON (Gr. for " mill-tooth " from /Ark in, and Mobs)

mylodon the front pair of teeth in each See also:

• JAW (Mid. Eng. jawe, jowe and geowe, O. Eng. cheowan, connected with " chaw " and " chew," and in form with " jowl ")

jaw is placed some distance in front of the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest and has the crown surface obliquely bevelled by, From See also:

• OWEN, JOHN (1616-1683)
• OWEN, JOHN [OVENUS Or AUDOENUS] (c. 1560-1622)
• OWEN, ROBERT (1771-1858)
• OWEN, SIR HUGH (1804-1881)
• OWEN, SIR RICHARD (1804–1892)

Owen . See also:

• SKELETON

Skeleton of Mylodon robustus (Pleistocene, South America) . wearing against the corresponding teeth in the opposite jaw . On this See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account such species have been referred to a second genus, under the name of Lestodon, but the distinction scarcely seems necessary . The See also:

• SKULL

skull is shorter and See also:

• LOWER

lower than in Megatherium, without any See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical expansion of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the lower jaw, and the teeth also extend nearly to the front of the jaws; both these features being See also:

• SLOTH

sloth-like . In the fore feet the three inner toes have large claws, while the two See also:

• OUTER

outer ones are rudimentary and clawless; in the See also:

• HIND

hind-limbs the first toe is wanting, as in Megatherium, but the second and third are clawed . The skin was strengthened by a number of small deeply-embedded bony nodules . Although the typical M. harlani is See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North—American, the mylodons are essentially a South American group, a few of the representatives of which effected an entrance into North America when that See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent became finally connected with South America . See also:

• SPECIAL

Special See also:

• INTEREST

interest attaches to the See also:

• RECENT

recent See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery in the cavern of Ultima Esperanza, South See also:

• PATAGONIA

Patagonia, of remains of the genus Glossotherium, or Grypotherium, a near relative of Mylodon, but differing from it in having a bony See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch connecting the nasal bones of the skull with the premaxillae; these include a considerable portion of the skin with the See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair attached .

Ossicles somewhat resembling large See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee-berries had been previously found in association with the bones of Mylodon, and in Glossotherium nearly similar ossicles occur embedded on the inner See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the thick hide . The coarse and shaggy hair is somewhat like that of the sloths . The remains, which include not only the skeleton and skin, but likewise the droppings, were found buried in grass which appears to have been chopped up by See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and it thus seems not only evident that these ground-sloths dwelt in the See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave, but that there is a considerable See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability of their having been kept there in a semi-domesticated See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state by the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early human inhabitants of Patagonia . The extremely fresh See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the remains has given rise to the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea that Glossotherium may still be living in the wilds of Patagonia . Scelidotherium is another genus of large South American Pleistocene ground-sloths, characterized, among other features, by the See also:

• ELONGATION

elongation and slenderness of the skull, which thus makes a decided approximation to the See also:

• ANTEATER

anteater type, although retaining the full See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of cheek-teeth, which were, of course, essential to an herbivorous See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal . The feet resemble those of Megatherium . A much smaller South American species represents the genus Nothrotherium . In North America Mylodon was accompanied by another gigantic species typifying the genus Megalonyx, in which the fore See also:

• PART

part of the skull was usually wide, and the third and See also:

• FOURTH

fourth front toes carried claws . Another genus has been described from the Pleistocene of See also:

• NEBRASKA

Nebraska, as Paramylodon; it has only four pairs of teeth, and an elongate skull with an inflated muzzle . All the above genera differ from Megatherium in having a foramen on the inner side of the lower end of the humerus . A presumed large ground-sloth from See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar has been described, on the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of a See also:

• LIMB

limb-See also:

• BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
• BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

bone, as Bradytherium, but it is suggested by Dr F . Ameghino that the specimen really belongs to a lemuroid .

Be this as it may, the North American mammals described as See also:

• MORO, ANTONIO (c. 1512-1575)

Moro pus and Morotherium, in the belief that they were ground-sloths, are really referable to the ungulate group Ancvlopoda . Although a few of the Pleistocene ground-sloths, such as Nothropus and Nothrotherium (= Coelodon), were of comparatively small See also:

• SIZE

size, in the See also:

• SANTA

Santa Cruz beds of Patagonia few of the representatives of the family much exceeded a See also:

• MODERN

modern sloth in size . The best-known generic types are Eucholoeops, Hapalops and Pseudahapalops, of which considerable portions of the skeleton have been disinterred . In these diminutive ground-sloths the crowns of the cheek-teeth approached the prismatic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form characteristic of Mega[lo]therium, as distinct from the subcylindrical type occurring in Mylodon, Glossotherium, &c . By many palaeontologists a group of North American Lower See also:

• TERTIARY

Tertiary mammals, known as See also:

• GANODONTA (so named from the presence of bands of enamel on the teeth)

Ganodonta, has been regarded as representing the ancestral stock of the ground-sloths and those of other South American edentates; but according to See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor W . B . See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott this view is incorrect and there is no See also:

• AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)
• AFFINITY, CHEMICAL

affinity between the two See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups . If this be so, we are still in See also:

• COMPLETE

complete darkness as to the stock from which the South American edentates are derived . See W . B . Scott, See also:

• MAMMALIA (from Lat. mamma, a teat or breast)

Mammalia of the Santa Cruz Beds, See also:

• EDENTATA

Edentata, See also:

• REP, REPP, or REPS

Rep., See also:

• PRINCETON

Princeton Exped. to Patagonia, vol. v . (1903—1904); B .

See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

Brown A New Genus of Ground-Sloth from the Pleistocene of Nebraska, See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull . Amer . See also:

• MUS

Mus . Nat . Hist., xix, 569 (1903) . (R .