Stegodon (SciiFii)

The Stegodon (Stegodon modernus) is a species of elephant relative of the subfamily Stegodontinae of the order Proboscidea and the Stegodon genus was once extinct since the Late Pleistocene, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced to modern forests, rainforests, swamplands, and grasslands throughout Eurasia and Africa. It was recreated using some extinct Stegodon species as bases, including Stegodon zdanskyi, Stegodon ganesha, Stegodon aurorae, Stegodon orientalis, and Stegodon florensis, thus creating a new species of Stegodon. Depending on a subspecies of stegodons, it can grow to about 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) tall and a weigh around 350–400 kg (770–880 lb) in the dwarf subspecies, while the more common mainland subspecies can grow to be around 2 and 3.2 meters (6.6 and 10.5 feet) and weigh between 2,000 and 4,000 kg (4,400 and 8,800 lb), and the largest subspecies of stegodon can grow to be 3.87 meters (12.7 feet) tall and weigh about 12.7 tonnes (12.5 long tons; 14.0 short tons). Like all elephants, it is a herbivore that mainly feeds on grasses, leaves, bark, shrubs, fruits, and many other types of vegetation, and both females (young and old) and male calves are social herd-dwelling animals in which herds are led by the matriarchs (elderly females), while adult males live in solitary lives unless during mating seasons, when males are ready to mate with the females. The conservation status of the stegodon is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the stegodon's wide range.