Could eremotherium laurillardi (Lund, 1842) (megatheriidae, xenarthra) be an omnivore species?

Abstract

We present carbon (δ13Ccollagen =-10.1 ‰) and nitrogen (δ15N = 6.8 ‰) stable isotopes data for Eremotherium laurillardi (Megatheriidae, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene of Brejo da Madre de Deus, Pernambuco (Brazil) and discuss the possibility of an omnivore diet for the species. Our data, although ponctual, reinforce the inferences that E. laurillardi was a herbivore species.