American mastodon
A kind of mastodon · also called Mammut americanum
About
The American mastodon was a massive Ice Age mammal comparable in height to modern elephants but built much stockier.
Although often confused with woolly mammoths, mastodons had shorter, thicker legs and longer, lower bodies. Males were noticeably larger than females, carrying heavier tusks and weighing considerably more. Their dense, solid bone structure made them exceptionally stocky, adapted for browsing in North American forests and wetlands rather than grazing open grasslands.
From Wikipedia
A mastodon is a member of the genus Mammut, which was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to the early Holocene. Mastodons belong to the order Proboscidea, the same order as elephants and mammoths.
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Questions people ask
- How big was an American mastodon?
- An American mastodon stood about 9.2 feet (2.8 m) tall at the shoulder, measured 14.8 feet (4.5 m) long, and weighed around 11,000 pounds (5,000 kg). That made it about as tall as a modern Asian elephant, but significantly heavier and more muscular.
- How much space does an American mastodon take up?
- About 6.54 yd³ (5 m³), the volume of its body.
Weight
5.51 US tons (5 tonnes)
- Space it takes up
- 6.54 yd³ (5 m³)
- Length
- 14.8 ft (4.5 m)
- Height
- 9.19 ft (2.8 m)
Quick answer
An American mastodon stood about 9.2 feet (2.8 m) tall at the shoulder, measured 14.8 feet (4.5 m) long, and weighed around 11,000 pounds (5,000 kg). That made it about as tall as a modern Asian elephant, but significantly heavier and more muscular.
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