Original sentence: Another interesting fact about Mesoreodon is its ossified vocal cords.It was a large animal, about the size of a sheep, and ate the numerous low-growing plants and early grasses that sprung up on the plains of North America.Mesoreodon was one of the many types of oreodonts that lived in North America during the Early Miocene.The only other animal to have these in modern times is the howler monkey
Edited sentence: ''Mesoreodon had ossified vocal cords, the only other animal to have these in modern times is the howler monkey.Fossils were uncovered from Florida to California, Oregon, Montana, and Nebraska.Four specimens were examined by M.It was a large animal and ate the numerous low-growing plants and early grasses that sprung up on the plains of North America.It was assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Stevens and Stevens (1996).It was synonymized subjectively with Eporeodon by Lander (1998).Mendoza for body mass and estimated to have a weight of:.Mesoreodon is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore of the family Merycoidodontidae, subfamily Merycoidodontinae, (oreodont), endemic to North America during the Whitneyan stage of the Oligocene-Miocene epochs (33—20.6 mya) existing for approximately.Mesoreodon was named by Scott (1893) and its type is Mesoreodon chelonyx.Specimen 1: 228.6 kg (504 lbs).Specimen 2: 162.2 kg (357.5 lbs).Specimen 3: 144.8 kg (319.2 lbs).Specimen 4: 202.4 kg (446.2 lbs)