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Mastodons, of the genus Mammut, lived in America until roughly 10,000 years ago. They resembled elephants and were distantly related to mammoths, but were smaller and had shorter tusks and flatter heads.

Mastodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mastodons are any species of extinct mammutid proboscideans in the genus Mammut, distantly related to elephants, that inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon
The Fall of the Carnivorous Mastodon - Wired

Extinction sucks. Only yesterday, in geologic terms, did mastodons, sabercats, giant ground sloths, and their charismatic Ice Age contemporaries roam North America.
http://www.wired.com/2012/10/the-meat-eating-mastodon-that-never-was
Mammut - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Information about the prehistoric elephant Mammut and other prehistoric creatures.
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/m/mammut.html
10 Facts About Mastodons - About

Mastodons are comparatively less well-known than Mammoths, but they're equally important from an evolutionary perspective. Here are 10 facts you may or may not have known about these shaggy pachyderms.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/ss/10-Facts-About-Mastodons.htm
Mastodons - Discovery

Huge American mastodons loved to roam the bogs and wetlands of ancient New York and New Jersey.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/prehistoric-new-york-mastodons/
Mastodon - New World Encyclopedia

Mastodon is the common name for any of the large, extinct elephant-like mammals comprising the family Mammutidae (syn. Mastodontidae) of the order Proboscidea, characterized by long tusks, large pillar-like legs, and a flexible trunk or proboscis.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mastodon
Science Word of the Day: Mastodon - National Geographic

I have a soft spot for the American mastodon. The beast lived at the same time as the famous woolly mammoth, yet the mastodon is not nearly as popular as its tundra-living cousin.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/27/science-word-of-the-day-mastodon/
BBC Nature - American Mastodon Videos, News and Facts

The elephant-like American mastodon was a distant relative of the mammoth, with whom it shared its ice age home.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/American_mastodon
Difference Between a Mammoth and a Mastodon - Livescience

Though similar in appearance, there are many differences between mammoths and mastodons.
http://www.livescience.com/34446-mammoth-or-mastodon.html
American Mastodon - Mammut americanum - Encyclopedia of Life

Descriptions and articles about the American Mastodon, scientifically known as Mammut americanum in the Encyclopedia of Life.
http://eol.org/pages/4454807/details
What's the Difference Between a Mammoth and a Mastodon? - Mental Floss

They might look alike, but these hairy giants were actually very different creatures.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/54120/whats-difference-between-mammoth-and-mastodon

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Mastodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mastodons are any species of extinct mammutid proboscideans in the genus Mammut, distantly related to elephants, that inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon
The Fall of the Carnivorous Mastodon - Wired

Extinction sucks. Only yesterday, in geologic terms, did mastodons, sabercats, giant ground sloths, and their charismatic Ice Age contemporaries roam North America.
http://www.wired.com/2012/10/the-meat-eating-mastodon-that-never-was
Mammut - Prehistoric-Wildlife

Information about the prehistoric elephant Mammut and other prehistoric creatures.
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/m/mammut.html
10 Facts About Mastodons - About

Mastodons are comparatively less well-known than Mammoths, but they're equally important from an evolutionary perspective. Here are 10 facts you may or may not have known about these shaggy pachyderms.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/ss/10-Facts-About-Mastodons.htm
Mastodons - Discovery

Huge American mastodons loved to roam the bogs and wetlands of ancient New York and New Jersey.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/prehistoric-new-york-mastodons/
Mastodon - New World Encyclopedia

Mastodon is the common name for any of the large, extinct elephant-like mammals comprising the family Mammutidae (syn. Mastodontidae) of the order Proboscidea, characterized by long tusks, large pillar-like legs, and a flexible trunk or proboscis.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mastodon
Science Word of the Day: Mastodon - National Geographic

I have a soft spot for the American mastodon. The beast lived at the same time as the famous woolly mammoth, yet the mastodon is not nearly as popular as its tundra-living cousin.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/27/science-word-of-the-day-mastodon/
BBC Nature - American Mastodon Videos, News and Facts

The elephant-like American mastodon was a distant relative of the mammoth, with whom it shared its ice age home.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/American_mastodon
Difference Between a Mammoth and a Mastodon - Livescience

Though similar in appearance, there are many differences between mammoths and mastodons.
http://www.livescience.com/34446-mammoth-or-mastodon.html
American Mastodon - Mammut americanum - Encyclopedia of Life

Descriptions and articles about the American Mastodon, scientifically known as Mammut americanum in the Encyclopedia of Life.
http://eol.org/pages/4454807/details
What's the Difference Between a Mammoth and a Mastodon? - Mental Floss

They might look alike, but these hairy giants were actually very different creatures.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/54120/whats-difference-between-mammoth-and-mastodon

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Mastodons, of the genus Mammut, lived in America until roughly 10,000 years ago. They resembled elephants and were distantly related to mammoths, but were smaller and had shorter tusks and flatter heads.

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