Deinotherium, Dinopedia

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Deinotherium was one of the largest animals of the Late Miocene-Middle Pliocene, and likely the Early Pleistocene. The length of the body from different species ranged from 3.5–7 metres, and the height at the shoulders reaching 3–5 m (average 3.5–4 m), and weight can be up to 8–10 m. On the surface they resembled modern elephants but the proportions differed from them. Typically, the trunk was relatively hollow, shortened and remained at high, but massive columnar limbs, indicating they are some