Once upon a time, long, long ago, the cousins of elephants once roamed the Philippines. A Stegodon was the first large fossil mammal to be scientifically reported in the country. It was found in 1860, and was thought to have weighed about 400 kg, making it a dwarf stegodon. Stegodons had longer tusks than the elephants of today, and they were so close together that the trunk had to lean to one side of both of them! So far, 4 Philippine Stegadon species have been identified. Read more from the National Museum of the Philippines Facebook page search for Stegodon mindanensis, with text by Jiles Arvin A. Vergara. Artprint: https://society6.com/product/philippine-stegodon-on-undas-or-dia-de-los-muertos_print















