Prehistoric Elephants

Quick Mammut Facts: - Lived during the Late Eocene Period to the Early Oligocene Period - Lived all over Africa, Asia, Europe and North America - Was as tall as African bush elephants - Tusks were longer than a car - Was an herbivore

Quick Phiomia Facts: - Lived during the Late Eocene Period to the Early Oligocene Period - Lived all over Africa and Eurasia - Was as tall as an Asian elephant - Was as long as a rhinoceros - Weighed less than an Asian elephant - Was an herbivore

Quick Platybelodon Facts: - Lived during the Late Miocene Period - Lived all over Africa and Eurasia - Was as tall as an Asian elephant - Was as long as a rhinoceros - Weighed as much as a small car - Was an herbivore

Quick Deinotherium Facts: - Lived from the Middle Miocene all the way to the Modern Period - Lived all over Africa and Eurasia - Was longer than an Asian elephant - Weighed twice as much as an African bush elephant - May have inspired "Giant" myths - Was an herbivore

Quick Mammuthus Facts: - Lived from the Early Pliocene to the Early Holocene - Lived all over North America and Eurasia - Was about the size of an African bush elephant - Was only 1 of over a dozen species - Went extinct 4,500 years ago - Was an herbivore

Quick Moeritherium Facts: - Lived from the Late Eocene Period - Lived in what is now North Africa - Was about as long as a horse - Weighed as much as a wild boar - Only a distant cousin to elephants - Was an herbivore

Quick Gomphotherium Facts: - Lived from the Early Miocene through the Early Pliocene Periods - Lived in what is now North America, Africa, Europe and Asia - Was about twice the length of a king-size bed - Weighed more than a hippo - Was an herbivore - Ate 400 pounds of plants a day