mastodon

extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times

differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth

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StatusPrehistoric pink Animalia ChordateChordata Mammalia Proboscidea Mammutidae
William Perry HayHay date = 1922 ''Mammut'' Taxobox_end_placement Taxobox_end . ]]Mastodons or Mastodonts are members of an extinctionextinct genus ''Mammut'' of the order ''Proboscidea''; they resembled, but were distinct from, the wooly mammoth.The American mastodon (''Mammut americanum'') lived in North America. They first appeared almost four million years ago and became extinct approximately 10,000 years ago. They were furry, and had a height of about three meters. They differed from mammoths primarily in the blunt, conical shape of their teeth museum.state.il.us, which were more suited to chewing leaves than to grazing; the name mastodon (or mastodont) means mastoid teeth (Greek languageGreek !μαστό ς? and !ὀδού ς,? "nipple tooth"), and is also an obsolete name for their genus.The tusks of the mastodon sometimes exceeded five meters in length. Their meat was a food source for early humans, and archeologists are still trying to determine what role, if any, the early human settlers of North America played in the extinction of the mastodon.Category:Prehistoric !mammalsda:Mastodontde:Mastodon tenes:Mammutidaehe:×ž×¡×˜×•×“× •×Ÿnl:Mastodontpl:Mastodontypt :Mastodontefi:Mastodontti

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