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Cuvieronius was a strange, elephant-like animal related possibly to the mastodons, and probably lived in a variety of environments from chilly highlands, to warm jungles. It was well-known for its rather spiraled tusks unlike any other known proboscidean. Twisted!

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2020-11-21

A sketch of Cuvieronius after a good thanksgiving day. After doing some habitat analysis, you’ll notice this guy’s a more mountainous grey than my other elephants.

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2019-11-30

Morning warmup sketch. Gomphotheres of South America. Notiomastodon (left) and Cuvieronius (right). Both elephant relatives ived alongside the first human inhabitants in the Americas for thousands of years until they went extinct.

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2019-08-12

...and for the second half Xinpusaurus, Cuvieronius, Cabarzia

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2019-01-21