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Mastodon
American Mastodons
lived about 15 million years ago and became
extinct about 6,000 years ago.
They stood about 10 feet tall, ate grass, leaves and water plants of the lowlands and swamps which
they roamed.
Southern Mammoth
Mammuthus meridionalis
The Southern Mammoth lived in Europe and Asia in the late
Pliocene from about 2.5 to 3 million years ago and migrated to North America
in the early Pleistocene around 1.8 million years ago. It stood about
14 ft at the shoulder
Hairy Mammoth
The Hairy Mammoth stood about
12 feet tall, lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistociene and became
extinct
as recently as from 5,000 to 10,000 years ago. Mammoths were
hunted during the stone age and Cro-Magnon people painted Mammoth images on
cave walls.
Straight Tusked Elephant
Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Remains of this 400,000 year old elephant
have been found in England which would have been twice the size of the
largest modern African elephant. One in particular was found with
flint tools which may indicate it was hunted and eaten by humans.
Wooly Mammoth
The Woolly Mammoths were about 11 feet tall and lived in the
Arctic Regions of Europe, Asia and North America in the Pleistocene (1.8
million to 11 thousand years ago) and
became extinct between 5000 and 10,000 years ago.
Mammoth Cave Paintings
Stone Age Coloring Book
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