† Moorland Mastodon is a dead fossil American Mastodon (Mammut americanus), , who died at Moorland swamp, in United States, .
Moorland Mastodon was born wild at North America unspecified forest.
The complete mastodon Skeleton was found in a bog swamp near Muskegon Michigan and were acquired by the Museum in 1904. A 1940 GR Herald article indicate the Skeleton measured 18 ft long, 10 Feet high and 6 Feet wide, with the Tusks themselves being nearly 6 Feet in length." The Museum director at that time, Frank DuMond, was always looking for a good "photo op" to help entice visitors to come down to the museum. The story here is that when the Shrine Circus was in town, he befriended the elephant trainer and convinced him to walk the Circus elephant from the Civic Auditorium to the Public Museum to 'meet" and "interview" the mastodon.
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