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Side-by-side illustration comparing the American mastodon (Mammut americanum), woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), and modern African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), showing differences in size, body shape, and tusks, with a scale bar indicating 1 meter and 3 feet. African elephant (Loxodonta africana) standing on grassy plain with distant trees and hills in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Moeritherium, reconstruction painting by Charles R. Knight A timeline diagram shows the evolutionary history of modern elephants, depicting Gomphotherium as an ancient ancestor branching into the woolly mammoth, American mastodon, Asian elephant, African savanna elephant, and African forest elephant, with illustrations of each species and labeled time periods from the Eocene to the present.
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Illustration comparing a mastodon, a woolly mammoth, and an elephant.
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The largest living land mammal on Earth
African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana).
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Moeritherium, reconstruction painting by Charles R. Knight
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elephant evolution
Evolution of modern elephants.
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