Deinotherium

Deinotherium
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum Information
Phylum	Chordata
Class Information
Class	Mammalia
Order Information
Order	Proboscidea
Sub-order	Deinotheroidea
Family Information
Family	Deinotheriidae
Sub-family	Deinotheriinae
Genus Information
Genus	Deinotherium
Species Information
Species	D. bozasi D. giganteum D. indicum
Population statistics
Conservation status	Extinct

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.