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Pleistocene Mammals in the Midwest

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Artiodactyls

Bovids

Bison in Midwestern Tallgrass Prairie, Illinois State Museum.   Bison
Helmeted Muskox   Helmeted Muskox
Ovibos Moschatus   Tundra Muskox

Cervids

Male caribou in Alaska   Caribou
Reconstructed skeleton of a stag-moose, Cervalces scotti, on display at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis   Stag-moose

Tayassuidae

Flat-headed peccary, Platygonus compressus   Flat-headed Peccary
Long-nosed peccary, Mylohyus nasutus   Long-nosed Peccary

This material is based in part on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1050638. 

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. The Mammoths and Mastodont Project Team gratefully acknowledges their support.

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