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.