Anancus
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Anancus is an extinct genus of proboscid.
The 3 m (10 ft) tall creature closely resembled a modern elephant and had two tusks, while most of its relatives had four. Aside from its somewhat shorter legs, Anancus had one major difference from modern elephants- its tusks were much longer, up to 4 m (13 ft) long. Anancus lived in forests, eating from trees and shrubs and burrowing in the forest floor, and died out when these forest gave way to grasslands.
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