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American mastodon

extinct mammal

Also known as: Mammut americanum

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…the North American mastodon (Mammut americanum) support the hypothesis that the mastodon’s genetic diversity declined as conditions warmed, resulting in a retreat of the continental ice sheets and the animal’s geographic range.
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