Cuvieronius hyodon

Cuvieronius hyodon was a elephantoid that lived in North America and South America during the Pleistocene. In North America, the proboscidean was in Texas, Florida, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Mexico. In South America, Cuvieronius was in Ecuador and Bolivia. Cuvieronius became extinct 12,000 years ago. Cuvieronius is often placed in Gomphotheriidae. Cuvieronius did not have the lower tusks that more basal gomphotheres had. Dimila Mothé proposed a separate family for Notiomastodon, Cuvieronius, Stegomastodon, Sinomastodon, and Rhynchotherium called Cuvieronidae. Cuvieronids are characterized by laterally wide skulls, more complex bunodont teeth, short mandibles, and 1 to 2 pairs of tusks.