FREQUENCY: Uncommon
NO. APPEARING: 1-12
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 12?//6?
HIT DICE: 9
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2 forefeet
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2-12/2-12
% IN LAIR: Nil (free roaming)
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
SOURCE: "Into The Age Of Mammals", Dragon 137.

This was a member of the mastodon
family. The lower jaws of these pachyderms
were elongated into a scoop 6½?
long, giving them the nickname of shoveltusked
mastodons. had a pair
of short tusks (worth 100-300 gp each to
adventurers). Since the proboscis was
weak, the shovel clumsy, and the tusks
badly placed for combat,
attacked with only its front feet. Ambelodon
lived in Miocene swamps and rivers,
where vegetation was abundant. A very
Platybelodon, which
had an even broader shovel jaw.

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