Notiomastodon (SciiFii)

The Brazilian elephant (Notiomastodon platensis) is a species of proboscidean part of the gomphotheres family that originally lived in South America from the Pleistocene to the Holocene and was once extinct, but has since brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced to the modern rainforests, swamps, forests, open woodlands, grasslands, and scrublands of South America to help boost biodiversity. It is one of two South American gomphotheres alongside Cuvieronius, and is the predominant gomphothere on the continent ranging widely over most of South America excluding the high Andes. It is a large animal that can grow to be around 2.52 meters (8 feet 3 inches) tall, with the weight of 4.4 tonnes (4.3 long tons; 4.9 short tons). The Brazilian elephant has two tusks (one on either side of its trunk), like other members of the Gomphotheriidae, and none on the lower jaw, as with other brevirostrine gomphotheres. Unlike uts close relative Cuvieronius, its tusks are not twisted, but their length and shape are observed as greatly variable depending on the individual, as is morphology more generally. It is a mixed-feeding herbivore that primarily feeds on C3 shrubs and C4 grasses, whilst also serving as a primary disperser of the seeds for a variety of different plant species. 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 Brazilian elephants 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 Brazilian elephant is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and due to the Brazilian elephant's wide natural range.
Category:Animals
Category:SciiFii
Category:Mammals
Category:Cenozoic Park