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You can see more Ice Age bones in our online exhibit The Midwestern United States 16,000 Years Ago.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.0 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:13:05 -0500 120 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=973 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=969 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1308 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1308
The mastodont, Jefferson's ground sloth, and the giant beaver became extinct at the end of the Ice Ages. The habitat changed, and they were unable to adapt. These skeletons are made from replicas of bones in the Museum's collections.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:32:45 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1305 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1305
The red squirrel live mainly in pine, spruce, and mixed hardwood forests, and also inhabits swamps.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:29:59 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1302 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1302
This bear was the fiercest predator of the late Pleistocene. It had large canine teeth and long legs that made it a great hunter and fast runner. It became extinct about 15,000 years ago. This model was reconstructed with information from fossilized bones found in a cave.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:28:55 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1299 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1299
The Meadow Vole lives in wet, grassy meadows and lowland marshes, but it can also be found in high grasslands and grass-covered areas in open woodlands.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:27:42 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1296 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1296
Harlan's Muskox was common in Illinois during the most recent glaciation of North America. Like many Ice Age mammals, it moved into Illinois as the glaciers came from the north and habitat was favorable. This species became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:24:51 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1293 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1293
Today the Arctic Ground Squirrel lives in the far North, from northern British Columbia, eastward to Hudson Bay. This large squirrel live in tundra and brushy meadows.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:22:10 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1290 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1290
The ermine does not occur in Illinois today, but conditions would have been suitable during cold glacial periods of the Pleistocene.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:20:02 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1287 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1287
Today this small mammal lives far to the north of Illinois.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:15:42 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=989 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=989
The mastodont skull, upside down and teeth up, as it was being excavated. Small tools such as trowels and brushes are used, so that the bones are not broken or scratched.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:14:46 -0500 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=986 http://www.museum.state.il.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=986
The mandible, after being extracted, is encased in a supportive jacket of plaster for safe transport to the Museum.]]> photo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:13:23 -0500