The creature was 3.9 m (13 ft) tall, weighing about 6,000–7,000 kg (13,000–15,000 lb), and had long, slightly upward-curving tusks.[1] P. antiquus's legs were slightly longer than those of modern elephants. This elephant is thought to have had an 80-cm-long tongue that could be projected a short distance from the mouth to grasp leaves and grasses.[citation needed] With this tongue and a flexible trunk, straight-tusked elephants could graze or browse on Pleistocene foliage about 8 m above ground.