What is Straight-tusked elephant?
The '''straight-tusked elephant''' (''Palaeoloxodon antiquus'') is an extinct species of elephant. It lived in [[Europe]] and [[Western Asia]] during the Middle and Late [[Pleistocene]] (781,000–30,000 years ago). Individuals reached up to 4–4.2 metres (13.1–13.8 ft) in height, with a weight estimated at 11.3–15 tonnes (11.1–14.8 long tons; 12.5–16.5 short tons). The straight-tusked elephant probably lived in small herds, flourishing in [[interglacial period]]s, when its range went as far north as [[Great Britain]]. Skeletons found in association with stone tools and wooden spears suggest they were scavenged and hunted by early humans, including [[Neanderthal|Neanderthals]]. It is the ancestral species of most [[dwarf elephant]]s that lived on islands in the [[Mediterranean region|Mediterranean]]. [[Category:Elephants]] [[Category:Extinct mammals]]