Rankings / Prehistoric / Land / Super heavyweight / Giant Ground Sloth
Prehistoric · PleistoceneLandSuper heavyweight
Giant Ground Sloth
Megatherium americanum · South America (Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia)
Record
0–0
Win rate
–
Fight rating
1,500
Fighter stats
Estimates from fossils, for adults- Lived
- About 400,000 to 8,000 years ago
- Weight
- Up to ~8,000 lb
- Size
- ~12 ft tall standing, ~20 ft long
- Top speed
- Slow
- Weapons
- Huge curved claws, enormous strength
- Diet
- Herbivore: leaves, plants
- Lifespan
- Unknown
Power-ups
- Elephant-sized
- Huge claws
- Could stand and walk on its hind legs
Weak spots
- Slow
- A plant-eater, not a hunter
Fight record
No fights here yet
Bars show the share of votes for the giant ground sloth. A fight counts toward the record once it has 10+ votes.
In the wild
Charles Darwin collected Megatherium fossils in Argentina in 1832–33 during the voyage of the Beagle.
Source: nhm.ac.ukMegatherium bones with cut marks suggest early humans lived alongside it and may have hunted it.
Source: nhm.ac.uk