My most detailed entry into the Proboscidea series was the American mastodon. I painted as much of the fur as possible. https://t.co/PhJrTVUk21

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Palaeoloxodon falconeri is a great example of the crazy size disparity that can occur within the same genus. I didn't know this extreme was possible for mammals https://t.co/x52Tj8s0aH

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Aaand the biggest proboscidean ever, the massive Palaeoloxodon namadicus. This one I can really hear the elephant-like rumble every time I look at it. https://t.co/rL3HgZ2cs0

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Yeah! The drawing was inspired in a TCG card where Probo looks like a mother duck with ducklings. I really love this card!

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My favorite is Probopass and I cannot stop to draw it!
I mean... "Moai boi is my son and I would die for him uwu"

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Very rough first attempt at a size chart here, I pretty much eyeballed it based on skeletals, etc. Mostly wanted to see what they all looked like together!

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My FINAL proboscidean is Mammuthus primigenius, aka the woolly mammoth. This is one of the most popular of extinct organisms, serving as the iconic "mascot" to the Cenozoic. It is characterized by its instantly recognizable shaggy coat and long, strongly-curving tusks.

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Oh shoot I was part of that Tumblr thread, I had the Proboscis Ape!

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I chose a different pose than typical proboscidean reconstructions, because those trunks were highly flexible, mobile and dextrous appendages and I think that's important to note.

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Meet Zygolophodon, bearer of perhaps the largest tusks of any animal living or extinct. This massive proboscidean was one of the biggest land mammals EVER, and otherwise differed from living elephants in having a longer body and proportionally smaller head.

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I set out to reconstruct the basal proboscidean Barytherium, but ended up channeling my inner and accidentally made a realistic Drowzee

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