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Mastodons  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An extinct genus of large mammals in the family Mammutidae, that fed by browsing on tall plants. Eurasian species died out three million years ago, but some specimens of the American Mastodon survived the last Ice Age.

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Synonym(s)

  • Mammut
  • txid39051
  • txid39053

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