Mastodon

Mastodons (Greek: μαστός "breast" and ὀδούς, "tooth") are any species of extinct mammutid proboscideans in the genus Mammut, distantly related to elephants, that inhabited North and Central America during the late Miocene or late Pliocene up to their extinction at the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 to 11,000 years ago. Mastodons lived in herds and were predominantly forest dwelling animals that fed on a mixed diet obtained by browsing and grazing with a seasonal preference for browsing, similar to living elephants.

M. americanum, the American mastodon, is the youngest and best-known species of the genus. They disappeared from North America as part of a mass extinction of most of the Pleistocene megafauna, widely presumed to have been related to overexploitation by Clovis hunters, and possibly also to climate change.

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Mammut (disambiguation)

Mammut may refer to:

Mammut (roller coaster)

Mammut (Italian for Mammoth) is a steel roller coaster is a type of product from the company Vekoma Mine Train (it is the third roller coaster of this company in the park) in the Gardaland amusement park. This type of roller coaster is present in almost all the theme parks, because it can be used by a wide range of visitors by presenting inversions. It is the largest coaster for families of Italy.

Mammut was inaugurated in 2008. The 5,000 m² large area, where this attraction was built, was previously occupied by a complex of paid games.

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