Pacific mastodon (SciiFii)

The Pacific mastodon (Mammut pacificus) is a species of large elephant relative native throughout the western part of North America. It was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and was reintroduced by SciiFii's conservationists to boost biodiversity, to allow extinct animals to retain their own ecological niches, and, in the case of some animals like the Pacific mastodon, to help mitigate global warming. The Pacific mastodon is a large land mammal, about 8 feet tall and weigh about as much as an average-sized Asian elephant. Unlike the American mastodon (Mammut americanum), the Pacific mastodon is not entirely covered in thick fur and has patches of thick fur on the top of its body, more similarly to the bison, due to living in the warmer and more arid environments, although Pacific mastodons are also adapted to living in cool and humid areas. It is a herbivore that mainly feeds on leaves, fruits, nuts, shrubs, but can occasionally feast on leaf-less branches in times of hardship. It is a social herd-dwelling animal, with adult females as well as young males and females living together, which are leaded by the matriarch (female leader), but bull male Pacific mastodons live in mostly solitary lives unless it is breeding seasons, when males have musth and males find suitable females to mate with. The conservation status of the Pacific mastodon is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts.
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