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Mastodon



Mastodon, any of a genus (Mammut) of the extinct mammals resembling elephants. Different from mammoths and elephants because of their molar teeth, they sometimes had 4 tusks (2 on the lower jaw, 2 on the upper jaw). Forest dwellers, mastodons lived in Africa during the Oligocene epoch.



See also: Mammoth.

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