These bones were sent to President and naturalist Thomas Jefferson by a friend. He first believed them to be the bones of a huge cat, but it was later discovered that they were the remnants of a giant sloth – nine feet tall! The Latin name that was given to the sloth was Megalonyx Jeffersonii in honor of the third president.
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