Elephants
Mastodons
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- Mammoths and mastodons pretty much do the same things as elephants, only they get stuck in tarpits being threatened by saber-toothed cats.
Source: Stock Animal Behavior - Other "mastodons" were more similar to elephants, but even they would appear cool-looking by our standards: see Anancus, the "European mastodon," with its straight, spear-like upper tusks (while the lower ones were almost missing).
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The stereotypical Arab fondness for exotic pets is present in their capacity to tame sabertooth tigers and mastodons, turning the latter into a Plio-Pleistocene analogue of war elephants.
Source: Video Game / Original War
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Mastodons and Elephants. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/elephants/mastodons
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Mastodons or Elephants. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/elephants/mastodons.
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