Mastodon is extinct elephant cousin
Q. A Mastodon is- Published on 23 May 16a. An elephant
b. A bird
c. A type of whale
d. A wild cat
ANSWER: An elephant
- Compared to mammoths, mastodons had shorter legs, a longer body and were more heavily muscled, a build similar to that of the current Asian elephants.
- Mastodons are distantly related to elephants, and 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 lived in herds and were predominantly forest dwelling animals that fed on a mixed diet obtained by browsing and grazing with a seasonal preference for browsing, similar to living elephants.
