Similar to its larger relative the mammoth, this extinct mammal had shaggy hair & 2 sets of tusks
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Mammoths: Facts (Science Trek: Idaho Public Television)  Hair  A fur coat in 2 layers, good for cold weather. ... grew 5 or 6 sets in their life, had no enamel, added a growth ring every year. Take a look at these mammoth tooth photos. Tusks  Tusks are teeth that extend from the mammoth's mouth. ... Like many other Ice Age mammals, the mammoth became extinct more than...
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Woolly mammoth - Wikipedia  The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is a species of mammoth that lived during the ... The mammoth was identified as an extinct species of elephant by Georges ... Its behaviour was similar to that of modern elephants, and it used its tusks and ..... A mammoth had six sets of molars throughout a lifetime, which were...
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More elephant and mammoth fossils - Angelfire  Mammoth skeleton for sale Russian Mammoth fossils for sale Mammoth ... Wooly Mammoth Tusk Set - Alaskan, found in a gold mine. - has .... The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the larger of the two species of African elephant. .... a wider head, a sloping back, flat, chewing teeth, a trunk with two finger-like...
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Columbian mammoth - Wikipedia  The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) is an extinct species of mammoth that ... For a few thousand years prior to their extinction, Columbian mammoths ... The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is the closest extant relative of the mammoths. ... A similar situation has been documented in modern species of African...
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Mastodon - Wikipedia  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. ... Mastodons had cusp-shaped teeth, very different from mammoth and...
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i (heart) odd-toed ungulates: Zoo!  May 14, 2013 ... These are big questions, with potentially complicated answers, and .... His third, central horn is also decidedly horn-like, compared to the ... of rare, long-stemmed, speckled gigantic flowers slowly advancing. ~ Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa .... One of a scarce handful of mammals without any teeth, known as...
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Scrimshaw - Wikipedia  Scrimshaw is the name given to scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. ... Carved whale bone whistle dated 1821. ... Walrus tusks, for example, may have been acquired in trade from indigenous walrus hunters. ... such as 10,000- to 40,000-year-old mammoth ivory, is completely unrestricted in its sale or...
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12 Interesting Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Rhinoceroses  May 15, 2013 ... As such, today there are just five remaining species of rhinoceroses: three Asian and two African. ... In some places, such as Vietnam, a large rhino horn can run you ... largest land mammal in history at 16 feet tall at their shoulder height, ... The Sumatran rhino is the smallest of the family, standing about four...
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List 17 Flashcards | Quizlet  elephant. ANIMAL ANCESTORS $800: Moeritherium, with an elongated snout & front teeth, was the ancestor of this present-day animal.
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Ungulates: AllAboutMammals.com - Enchanted Learning  Artiodactyls are even-toed (cloven-hooved) ungulates - some of these include antelopes, camels, cows, deer, goats, pigs, and ... A rhinoceros is a huge animal from Africa that has one or two horn-like spikes on its head. ... Picture dictionary
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7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals - Cracked.com  Mar 9, 2010 ... Meganeura were enormous dragonfly-like insects with wingspans the ... "Giant scorpion" was all this thing needed in its name to be pretty ... When birds the size of a Volkswagen are patrolling the skies, ... Like most extinct mammals from the Ice Age, Arctodus competed .... Old School New Body eBook.
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Mastodon - Wikipedia  Mastodons are any species of extinct mammutid proboscideans in the genus Mammut, distantly ... Like modern elephants, the females were smaller than the males. ... Mastodons had cusp-shaped teeth, very different from mammoth and ... in North America, Africa and Asia have been attributed to Mammut, but only the North...
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Bear - Wikipedia  Fossil bears. Plithocyon armagnacensis skull. Fossil of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) Brown bear (Ursus arctos) Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) Indian sloth bear (Melursus ursinus ursinus)
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What precious substance comes from the tusks and also the horns ...  Ivory is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth, narwhal, etc.
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jeopardy/2879_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  MUD | In 1999 scientists found the remains of one of these giant creatures embedded in the frozen mud in Siberia | mammoth. right: Kali. Wrong: Value: $2000.
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Elephants - Oxford Reference  Modern elephants are the largest extant land mammals; they have the biggest ... Whereas both sexes of both African species generally have tusks, these are ... The brain of an elephant weighs 4.67kg (10.3lb) in females and 5.0kg (11lb) in males. .... Usually she will retreat, but sometimes she may advance to confront the...
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The Mammoth Problem With Selling an Extinct Animal's Ivory ...  Aug 31, 2015 ... For the past 20,000 or 30,000 years, woolly mammoth tusks, some weighing as ... Because mammoths have been extinct for more than 10,000 years, they ... You can sell a mammoth tusk and transport it without any proof of...
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ADW: Spines and Quills  Over the course of mammalian evolution, hairs have been modified and ... have modified hairs that are enlarged, stiffened, and strengthened to form spikes of ... are well embedded into the skin (you can pick up a hedgehog by a single spine!
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Animals - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Hippopotamus close relative of pig, 4 tusks lower jaw, 2 tusks upper. Close relative of the pig, though its name means "river horse" The number of toes on the...
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Anima1s Part 3 Flashcards | Quizlet  $300: You're one of these little deer if you're an animal between 365 & 730 days old ... "clan of" this animal, ursus speleaus, became extinct about 10,000 years ago ... worshipped these animals and now their "scans" are used to study mummies ... LET'S GET TOGETHER $600: From middle English for a pack of animals, it's...
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The Bigger They Are: 10 Ice Age Giants | Mental Floss  Aug 12, 2008 ... During that period were several Ice Ages. Many giant sized animals and birds that seem familiar to us ... Although giant sloths died out 10,000 years ago, the last species of ground sloths may have survived until 1550 AD in the Caribbean. ... Woolly Mammoths in the northernmost areas had hair up to three...