Extinct
Extinct animals
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Stegodon – one of the largest proboscideans
Stegodon Their generic name, similar to modern African elephants and extinct mastodons, owing to the specific structure of their teeth.…
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Mastodon (Mammut americanum)
Mastodons Mastodons were to some extent a combination of features of modern elephants and already extinct mammoths. Covered with long…
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Short-faced bear – the largest bear of all time?
Giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) An animal that, standing on two legs, could reach the first floor. It could be…
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Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus)
Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) Smaller than its North American cousin – the short-faced bear. The predator that feeds almost exclusively…
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Megatherium (megathere) – elephant-sized sloth
Megatherium americanum – giant ground sloth Megatherium – a great beast The word “beast” in the dictionary means “wild, menacing…
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