title: M. americanum
text: # M. americanum
  
  M. americanum may refer to:
  
  * Malacosoma americanum, the eastern tent caterpillar, a moth species that forms communal nests in the branches of trees
  * Mammut americanum, the American mastodon, an extinct North American mammal species that lived from about 3.7 million years ago until about 10,000 years BC
  * Megatherium americanum, an extinct ground sloth species endemic to Central and South America that lived from the Pliocene through Pleistocene
  * Mezium americanum, the American spider beetle, a scavenger insect species found in various locations around the world
  