Animals Of The Stone Age: A List Of Stone Age Animals With Pictures & Facts
Deinotherium
Deinotherium
Image: DiBgd, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped / resized by ActiveWild.com)
Where found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Deinotherium was a stone-age relative of today’s elephants. Unlike todays’ elephants, however, its tusks extended from the lower, rather than the upper jaw, and curved downwards. They were probably used to pull branches off of trees, or to dig in the ground for food.
Standing over 4 m / 13.12 ft. tall, and weighing an estimated 14 tonnes / 15.43 short tons, the largest Deinotherium was larger than the African elephant – the largest living land animal.
Deinotherium
Image: DiBgd, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped / resized by ActiveWild.com)
Where found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Deinotherium was a stone-age relative of today’s elephants. Unlike todays’ elephants, however, its tusks extended from the lower, rather than the upper jaw, and curved downwards. They were probably used to pull branches off of trees, or to dig in the ground for food.
Standing over 4 m / 13.12 ft. tall, and weighing an estimated 14 tonnes / 15.43 short tons, the largest Deinotherium was larger than the African elephant – the largest living land animal.
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