The biggest animal that ever lived in the area that is modern-day Moldova was called a Deinotherium. Pretty cool!
The name is derived from Greek; Deinotherium giganteum means 'terrible beast.' I guess I wouldn't want to meet one face to face, but in pictures they look kinda cute. :)
Deinotherium looked like an elephant or mastodon, but with a shorter trunk. And the tusks were attached to the lower jaw and curved downward. They were about 15 feet tall and 15-20 feet long.
Deinotherium existed from the Middle Miocene era until the early Pleistocene era (I read that that was around 7 million years ago!). They lived in Asia, Africa, and Europe; really got around. In Moldova, they lived in the plateau, which spreads through northeastern Romania, most of Moldova, and part of Ukraine. The largest Deinotherium skeleton ever found was discovered in Moldova! Now it's in the ethnographic museum there.
Citations:
http://www.factsking.com/countries/moldova/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinotherium
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3142189/7-million-year-old-fossil-elephant-ancestor-east-Romanian-village.html
https://theokeden.com/tag/moldovan-culture/
Photos:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinotherium#/media/File:Dinotherium.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinotherium#/media/File:Deinotherium_bozasi_JG.png
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