Mammal
Palaeoloxodon antiquus
Its long tusks were fairly straight, with a slight curve at the tips.
Palaeoloxodon antiquus was a huge elephant with relatively straight tusks.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Palaeoloxodon antiquus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Quaternary
- Group
- Elephantidae
- Elephantids
- Fossil locations
- Russia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Palaeoloxodon antiquus
The straight-tusked elephant was one of the largest known elephants. It is mainly associated with temperate and Mediterranean forests, which spread during warm intervals between ice ages.
Its long tusks were fairly straight, curving slightly near the ends. Its association with temperate and Mediterranean forests links it to warm intervals between glaciations. The ice ages included major shifts in climate and vegetation.
Elephantidae is the family of living elephants and mammoths. Mastodons belong to a different proboscidean family, although both may initially look like hairy elephants.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Palaeoloxodon antiquus
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- Straight-tusked elephant
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- Elephantidae
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