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Dire wolves, camels, and other extinct giant mammals that used to live in North America

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North and South America were home to mammoths, mastodons, giant sloths, and much more.

Mammoths evolved on these continents while others crossed the Bering Land Bridge .

Camelops was about a foot taller than modern camels, but it's difficult to tell from their fossils if they had a hump.

Horses emerged 15 million years ago , and became larger, larger, and fewer toes.

Short-faced bears ranged across the US and Canada , into Florida .

Dire wolves evolved separately over 5 million years ago in North America .

The smilodon and saber-tooth cats were big, but not as big as they're shown in ' Game of Thrones' .

Panthera atrox was one of the largest members of the cat family ever.

The American lion was able to make meals out of bison and wild horses.

The ancient bison, Bison antiquus, was 25% larger than those living today .

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