DESCRIPTION 



'OF 



THE SKELETON OF 



AN' 



EXTINCT GIGANTIC SLOTH, 



Mylodon robustus, Owen, 



WITH OBSERVATIONS ON 



THE OSTEOLOGY, NATURAL AFFINITIES, AND PROBABLE HABITS 



OF 



THE MEGATHERIOID QUADRUPEDS IN GENERAL. 



BY r\ 



RICHARD OWEN, F.R.S., &c. 



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HUNTEHIAN PROFESSOR AND CONSERVATOR OF THTE MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE 

 OF SURGEONS IN LONDON. 



PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED BY R. AND J. E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 



SOLD BY JOHN VAN VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



1842. 



