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Deinotherium & African Elephant compared

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: t-din06-10105

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 25 cm

An adult Deinotherium from 7 million years ago is compared to a modern adult African Elephant (genus Loxodonta). The Deinotherium is 16 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 17,000 pounds, while the African Elephant is 11 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 10,000 pounds.

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2012 - ANIMAL - CENOZOIC - COMPARISON - DEINOTHERIUM - EARTH - ELEPHANT - EVOLUTION - FAUNA - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - MAMMAL - MIOCENE - PLEISTOCENE - SCALE - SIZE - SYNAPSID -