Preferred Label : mastodons;
MeSH definition : An extinct genus of large mammals in the family Mammutidae, that fed by browsing on
tall plants. Eurasian species died out three million years ago, but some specimens
of the American Mastodon survived the last Ice Age.;
MeSH synonym : mastodon; mammut;
MeSH hyponym : american mastodon; American Mastodons; Mastodon, American; Mastodons, American; Mammut americanum;
MeSH Related Number : txid39053;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon;
UNII : txid39051;
Origin ID : D056666;
UMLS CUI : C1007945;
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An extinct genus of large mammals in the family Mammutidae, that fed by browsing on
tall plants. Eurasian species died out three million years ago, but some specimens
of the American Mastodon survived the last Ice Age.