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Cryptozoology
[edit]I added some new stuff to the cryptozoology section. (Danielos2). 18 feb 2006.
Better illustration needed
[edit]Modern illustration would be better, as details of mammoth apperance are not widely known.
Also, there should be links to recent sequence of nuclear genes, and late survival in Urals/Siberia.
Mention of mastodon discovery date, for context?
[edit]Hello. I see this article is protected, and I cannot edit it.
I believe that the section on “early observations” should contain a parenthetical mention of when mastodons were discovered, to add historical context, since these were two extinct large proboscid animals both being discovered at around the same time. I would add, to the end of the paragraph currently ending, “… Hans Sloan, who pronounced it an elephant's tooth”:
(For context, the American mastodon was first scientifically described in 1762, by Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton; but it too was initially misidentified as a type of elephant.)
I would then add, to the subsequent paragraph, after the two sentences currently reading, “… in 1799, placing it in the same genus as the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). This name is Latin for "the first-born elephant"”:
(In the same paper however, Blumenbach did first correctly distinguish the mastodon from elephants, coining for it the new genus Mammut.)
Would these two additions be acceptable, to those who have permission to edit this article? Thanks and Peace to you. <3
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