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Mastodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon
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The Fall of the Carnivorous Mastodon - Wired
Extinction sucks. Only yesterday, in geologic terms, did mastodons, sabercats, giant ground sloths, and their charismatic Ice Age contemporaries roam North America.
http://www.wired.com/2012/10/the-meat-eating-mastodon-that-never-was
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Mammut - Prehistoric-Wildlife
Information about the prehistoric elephant Mammut and other prehistoric creatures.
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/m/mammut.html
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10 Facts About Mastodons - About
Mastodons are comparatively less well-known than Mammoths, but they're equally important from an evolutionary perspective. Here are 10 facts you may or may not have known about these shaggy pachyderms.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/ss/10-Facts-About-Mastodons.htm
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Mastodons - Discovery
Huge American mastodons loved to roam the bogs and wetlands of ancient New York and New Jersey.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/other-shows/videos/prehistoric-new-york-mastodons/
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Mastodon - New World Encyclopedia
Mastodon is the common name for any of the large, extinct elephant-like mammals comprising the family Mammutidae (syn. Mastodontidae) of the order Proboscidea, characterized by long tusks, large pillar-like legs, and a flexible trunk or proboscis.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mastodon
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Science Word of the Day: Mastodon - National Geographic
I have a soft spot for the American mastodon. The beast lived at the same time as the famous woolly mammoth, yet the mastodon is not nearly as popular as its tundra-living cousin.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/27/science-word-of-the-day-mastodon/
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BBC Nature - American Mastodon Videos, News and Facts
The elephant-like American mastodon was a distant relative of the mammoth, with whom it shared its ice age home.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/American_mastodon
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Difference Between a Mammoth and a Mastodon - Livescience
Though similar in appearance, there are many differences between mammoths and mastodons.
http://www.livescience.com/34446-mammoth-or-mastodon.html
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American Mastodon - Mammut americanum - Encyclopedia of Life
Descriptions and articles about the American Mastodon, scientifically known as Mammut americanum in the Encyclopedia of Life.
http://eol.org/pages/4454807/details
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What's the Difference Between a Mammoth and a Mastodon? - Mental Floss
They might look alike, but these hairy giants were actually very different creatures.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/54120/whats-difference-between-mammoth-and-mastodon
