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Encyclopedia: Stegodon

Stegodon is a genus of the extinct subfamily Stegodontinae of the order Proboscidea. Stegodonts lived in large parts of Asia during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. Some Stegodon species were among the largest of all Proboscidea, with adults being 13 feet high at the shoulder, 26 feet long, not including 10 feet long nearly straight tusks. In some individuals the tusks were so close together that the trunk probably did not lie between them but instead draped over. A dwarf population survived until 12,000 years ago on the Island of Flores. Its name is derived from the Greek words stegein ('to cover') and odοn ('tooth') because of the distinctive ridges on the animal's molars.

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	(German)	Stegodon
	(French)	Stégodon

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History of the Philippines

for the hominid hunters of the big game of the time: the elephant-like stegodon, rhinoceros...

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