PROBOSCIDEA: Size Comparison with Conservation Status (LIVING & EXTINCT)

DO NOT DELETE MY VIDEOS! (Previously, Platybelodon Danovi extinction date is 4 MYA, NOT 10!) The fifth episode of the S1 Animal Series because I added a bit more of proboscidea. But this is the first long video about 13 minutes!! AAAAAA PROBOSCIDEA - is a taxonomic order of afrotherian mammals containing one living family (Elephantidae) and several extinct families. First described by J. Illiger in 1811, it encompasses the elephants and their close relatives. Proboscideans include some of the largest known land mammals. The largest land mammal of all time may have been a proboscidean; the elephant Palaeoloxodon namadicus has been estimated to be up to 5.2 m (17.1 ft) at the shoulder and may have weighed up to 22 t (24.3 short tons), surpassing the paraceratheres, the otherwise largest known land mammals, though this estimate was made based on a single fragmentary femur and is speculative. The largest extant proboscidean is the African bush elephant, with a record of size of 4 m (13.1 ft) at the shoulder and 10.4 t (11.5 short tons). In addition to their enormous size, later proboscideans are distinguished by tusks and long, muscular trunks, which were less developed or absent in early proboscideans. MUSIC: Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 4 by Sir Edward Elgar    • Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4   Carnival Overture by Antonin Dvořák    • Dvořák: "Carnival" Overture, Op. 92, ...   Credits: Mole the P.M. Necrolestes & RB Dahri World