Mastodons
Synonyms
American Mastodon
American Mastodons
Mammut
Mammut americanum
Mastodon
Mastodon, American
Mastodons, American
An extinct genus of large mammals in the family Mammutidae, that fed by browsing on tall plants. Eurasian species died out three million years ago, but some specimens of the American Mastodon survived the last Ice Age.