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'''''Deinotherium''''' is the name given to three species of extinct elephant-like mammal whose chief characteristic is a pair of downward-curving tusks jutting from the lower jaw. One of the largest mammals to have walked the earth, ''deinothere'' remains have been found in Europe, Africa, and southern Asia.
'''''Deinotherium''''' (Greek: δεινός ''dɛinos'' and θηρίο ''thirio''; "terrible beast") is the name given to three species of extinct elephant-like mammal whose chief characteristic is a pair of downward-curving tusks jutting from the lower jaw. One of the largest mammals to have walked the earth, ''deinothere'' remains have been found in Europe, Africa, and southern Asia.