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Descriptor English: Mastodons
Descriptor Spanish: Mastodontes
Descriptor mastodontes
Scope note: Género extinto de grandes mamíferos de la familia Mammutidae, que se alimentaban comiendo de plantas altas. Las especies de Eurasia desaparecieron hace tres millones de años pero algunas especies de mastodonte americano sobrevivieron la última glaciación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mastodontes
Descriptor French: Mastodontes
Entry term(s): American Mastodon
American Mastodons
Mammut
Mammut americanum
Mastodon
Mastodon, American
Mastodons, American
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.250.500.525
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056666
Scope note: An extinct genus of large mammals in the family Mammutidae, that fed by browsing on tall plants. Eurasian species died out three million years ago, but some specimens of the American Mastodon survived the last Ice Age.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Elephants (1983-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
DeCS ID: 53446
Unique ID: D056666
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Mastodons - Preferred
Concept UI M0528319
Scope note An extinct genus of large mammals in the family Mammutidae, that fed by browsing on tall plants. Eurasian species died out three million years ago, but some specimens of the American Mastodon survived the last Ice Age.
Preferred term Mastodons
Entry term(s) Mammut
Mastodon
American Mastodon - Narrower
Concept UI M0528320
Preferred term American Mastodon
Entry term(s) American Mastodons
Mammut americanum
Mastodon, American
Mastodons, American



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