Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Chordata class Mammalia order Pilosa family Megatheriidae genus Megatherium species Megatherium americanum Name Synonyms Essonodontherium gervaisi (Gervais & Ameghino, 1880) Megatherium cuvieri Cuvier, 1796 Megatherium gervaisi (Gervais & Ameghino, 1880) Homonyms Megatherium americanum Cuvier, 1796