It is believed that these animals feed on trees, and lived in herds, much like modern elephants.

It was larger than the modern African elephant, with more progressive dentition.

Like modern elephants, the females were smaller than the males.

My research included searching out everything I could find on mammoths and, since they were so closely related, modern elephants.

It reached a weight of about 2305 - 3477 kg, being smaller than a modern elephant.

That means a single animal is as big as a whole herd of modern elephants.

These sizes are deduced from comparison with modern elephants of similar size.

The mastodon was even more distinct, since its teeth were unlike those of the modern elephants.

P. antiquuss legs were slightly longer than those of modern elephants.

Like modern elephants, but unlike most of its closer relatives, it had just two tusks.