EARTH SCIENCE
FOSSILS
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elephant
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horse
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giraffe
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kangaroo
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mammoths and mastodons have a lot in common. So much so that they are often confused for one another. Both were large and hairy distant cousins of modern elephants. Both were proboscideans, so they had trunks.
Detailed explanation-2: -The elephant’s closest living relative is the Rock Hyrax, also called a rock rabbit or a dassie. You may be wondering how a creature that resembles a guinea pig is Bambi or Maia’s closest cousin. Like elephants, hyraxes also have tusks growing from their incisor teeth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mammoths were heavier than elephants, with much longer tusks. Their tusks were more curved and twisted than elephant tusks and could grow up to 16 feet long. In comparison, the longest-ever elephant tusks were 11 feet and 7 inches in length.