Editing Mylodon (section)

=== General ===
[[File:Mylodon size comparison.png|thumb|Size comparison of ''Mylodon darwini'' compared to a human]]
''Mylodon'' was a large representative of the [[Mylodontidae]]. Its total length was estimated to be around 3 to 4 m. Based on the size of the skull, a weight between 1 and 2 tonnes is assumed, with an approximate estimate of 1.65 tonnes.<ref name="christiansenfarina2003">{{cite book |last1=Christiansen |first1=Per |last2=Fariña |first2=Richard A. |chapter=Mass estimation of two fossil ground sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) |pages=95–101 |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292021908 |editor1-last=Farina |editor1-first=R. A. |title=Morphological Studies in Fossil and Extant Xenarthra (Mammalia) |series=Senckenbergiana biologica |volume=83 |issue=1 |date=2003 |publisher=E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung |isbn=978-3-510-61358-8 }}</ref> Thus, ''Mylodon'' had about the size of related forms such as ''[[Glossotherium]]'' or ''[[Paramylodon]]'', but was significantly smaller than the giant ''[[Lestodon]]''. In terms of physique, it largely corresponded with the other large ground-living sloths.<ref name="Bell2002">{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=C. M. |title=Did elephants hang from trees? – the giant sloths of South America |journal=Geology Today |date=March 2002 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=63–66 |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2451.2002.00334.x |bibcode=2002GeolT..18...63B |s2cid=130426084 }}</ref><ref name="forasiepietal2007">{{cite book |last1=Forasiepi |first1=Analía |last2=Martinelli |first2=Agustín |last3=Blanco |first3=Jorge Luis |title=Bestiario fósil: mamíferos del pleistoceno de la Argentina |trans-title=Fossil bestiary: Pleistocene mammals of Argentina |language=es |date=2007 |publisher=Albatros |isbn=978-950-24-1101-9 |oclc=230208342 |pages=60–61 }}</ref>