Mammut americanum Kerr, 1792 (American Mastodon)
Mammalia
Eutheria
Afrotheria
Proboscidea
Mammutidae
Pleistocene
North America
Length: 4 m
The American mastodon disappear at the end of the Pleistocene period some 10,000 years ago, probably hunted to extinction by early humans that have colonized North America. Mastodons lived in herds and lived primarily in forests.
November 28, 2014
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