Prehistoric Mammals: Sthenurus

A Sthenurus

In this post you will read about the prehistoric kangaroo the "Sthenurus". It looked like a modern-day kangaroo but, it was much bigger! At the bottom there are more websites you can visit.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered by Darren R. Gröcke in Australia.

Time Period: Late Pleistocene

Where it lived: Australia

Diet: Plants

Behavior: It mostly ate plants and slept.

Visit these websites:
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/Sthenurus.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sthenurus
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/sthenurus.html

Prehistoric Mammals: Amphicyon

A Amphicyon fossil

In this post you read about the prehistoric bear-dog like thing the "Amphicyon". Visit more websites at the bottom.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in Sioux Country, Nebraska.

Time Period: Aquitanian period

Where they lived: Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa

Diet: Omnivorous

Behavior: It mostly preyed on food and ate plants and slept.

Visit these websites:
http://retrieverman.net/2012/01/24/amphicyon-ingens/
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/amphicyon.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicyon

Prehistoric Mammals: Baluchitherium

A Bauchitherium

In this post you will read about the prehistoric giant the "Baluchitherium". It was way BIGGER than a elephant! At the bottom, there are more websites you can visit.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in Pakistan by Sir Clive Forster Cooper.

Time Period: Oligocene period

Where they lived: Asia

Diet: Plants

Behavior: Since the Baluchitherium was a giant mammal, it was very slow. It mostly ate plants.

For more info about the Baluchitherium go these websites:
http://dawn.com/2010/12/20/baluchitherium-the-largest-land-mammal/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baluchitherium
http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Baluchitherium

Prehistoric Mammals: Glyptodons

A Glyptodon fossil

In this post you will read about the prehistoric mammal the armodillo-like "Glyptodonts".  Visit more websites at the bottom.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in South America.

Time Period: Pleistocene period

Where it lived: It lived in South America.

Diet: Plants

Behavior: It mostly ate grazed on plants

For more info about glyptodonts go to these websites:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/armadillo/Glyptodonprintout.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon
http://prehistoricearth.wikia.com/wiki/Glyptodon

Prehistoric Mammals: Giant Beaver

A Giant Beaver fossil

In this post you will learn about the prehistoric animal the "Giant Beaver". You can visit more websites at the bottom.

When animal was discovered?: It was discovered in 1837.

Time Period: Ice Age

Where it lived: North America

Diet: Plants

Behavior: It had a very bad temper!!! It could scare away predators very easily!!

Visit these websites:
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/giant-beaver.htm
http://ffe.hendersongdi.com/g/giantbeaver-ff2.html
http://animals.jrank.org/pages/3365/Beavers-Castoridae-BEHAVIOR-REPRODUCTION.html

Prehistoric Mammals: Cave Lion

A picture of a cave lion by Heinrich Harder.

In this post you will learn about the prehistoric animal the "Cave Lion". At the bottom you can visit some other websites about the prehistoric animal, the Cave Lion.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in 1985.

Time period: Ice Age

Where it lived: Europe

Diet: Elk, Reindeer, and Wolf

Behavior: It acted like modern-day lion.

Visit these websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_leo_spelaea
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Cave_Lion
http://www.cbs.umn.edu/lionresearch/cave-lions

Prehistoric Mammals: Giant Ground Sloth

Whoaaaaaaaa! Thats a Megatherium a type of ground sloth.

In this post you will read about the prehistoric mammal, the Giant Ground Sloth. At the bottom you can visit other websites about Giant Ground Sloth.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in 1799 by President Thomas Jefferson!

Time period: Ice Age

Where it lived: North America

Diet: Trees, Cactuses, Leaves, Twigs, Grass, Tall Plants, and Globe Mallow

Behavior: It acted slow. It mostly ate plants and slept a lot

For more info about Giant Ground Sloths visit these websites:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/sloth/Megatheriumprintout.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_sloth
http://exhibits.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/sloth.html

Prehistoric Mammals: Wooly Mammoth

This picture was by Benjamin Waterhouse
Hawkins.

A wooly mammoth is one of the extinct animals of a period of time called the Ice age. In this post you will read facts about the elephant-like animal of the Ice age.

When animal was discovered: It was discovered in 1828 by Joshua Brooks.

Time period: Ice Age

Where he lived: North America, Alaska, Eurasia, Siberia

Diet: Fruit, Plants, Seeds, and perhaps Flowers.

Behavior: They acted like a modern-day African elephant.

For more info about mammoths go to these websites:
http://www.woollymammoth.org
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/mammoth/
http://www.mammothsite.com