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What living subspecies of elephant is the closest relative to mammoths and which one is the closest to the mastodon?
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∙ 11y ago
Indian and African in the order the question was asked. I am not an expert here though.
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Is a dinosaur a mastoden?
Mastodon was a relative of elephants and mammoths. It was a mammal, and not related to dinosaurs.
What is an Trilophodon?
A trilophodon is an extinct relative of the elephant, which is closely related to the mastodon.
What are the different types of mammoths?
Where do I start? Colombian, Wooly, Mastodon (a close relative of the mammoth), pygmy, and many others.
What is the scientific name for the mastodon?
The scientific name for mastodon is mammut. They are members of the order Proboscidea. The American mastodon is a relative of the mammoth.
Are elephants relitaves of the woolly mammath?
Yes, elephants are close relatives to the mammoth, having diverged from mammoths only 6 million years ago. The closest relative to the mammoths is the Asian elephant.
Are bisons related to mammoths?
They are both mammals, so a bison is more closely related to a mammoth than a mushroom.The closest modern relative of the mammoth is the elephant.
What is a large elephant-like creature that is extinct?
There were many types of elephant like animals that went extinct. Some didn't look like the elephants we have today. The Moeritherium looked much more like a hippo or tapiar, but was a relative of modern day elephants. There were also the mammoths, mastodons, and several other species that had shovel like tusks on their bottom jaws.
Who is the closest relative to the wolly mammoth?
The partial sequence of the mastodon genome shows the African elephant's ancestor diverged some 26 million years ago. Next to diverge were the mammoth and Asian lineage at 7.6 million years then the Asian diverged from the mammoth about 6.7 million years ago.Original Paper: http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050207Elephant phylogeny: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12313-mastodon-genome-sheds-light-on-human-evolution.HTMLNot evolution!I get enough of that bunk on national geographic channel and the discovery channel. The world has only been around for about 10,000 years, which makes more sense than that millions of years who-ha!Elephants, regardless of the kind, are the closest thing to wooly mammoths and mastodons, as alligators, Gila monsters, and komodo dragons are to Biblical dinosaurs. Supposedly, alligators have a stronger bite than the T-rex!
What is mastodons?
A Mastodon was an large and furry member of the elephant family that specialized in eating leaves (the mammoth specialized in eating grass). They lived during the ice age (are now extinct) in North America. They had tusks that were about 5 meters long and the tusks grew almost horizontal. The tusks had a slight curve to them too. A long time ago, (when mastodons still roamed the earth) people hunted them for their fur and their meat.
What is a hogs largest living relative?
Elephant
What are the closest living relatives to Manatees?
The walrus is the closest living relative to the manatee.
How did mammoths evolve into elephants?
snakes
