
Mammoth - Wikipedia
A mammoth is any species of the extinct elephantid genus Mammuthus. They lived from the late Miocene epoch (from around 6.2 million years ago) into the Holocene until about 4,000 years …
Mammoth | Definition, Size, Height, Picture, & Facts | Britannica
Mar 9, 2025 · Mammoth, any member of an extinct group of elephants found as fossils in Pleistocene and Holocene deposits on several continents. The woolly, Northern, or Siberian …
Woolly Mammoth - World History Encyclopedia
Aug 23, 2017 · The woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, is an extinct herbivore related to elephants who trudged across the steppe-tundras of Eurasia and North America from around …
When Did Mammoths Go Extinct? It's More Recent Than You Think
Dec 5, 2024 · For the most part, woolly mammoths vanished around 10,000 years ago. However, small herds survived in isolated areas around the globe, such as Wrangel Island off the coast …
Columbian mammoth - Wikipedia
The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) is an extinct species of mammoth that inhabited North America from southern Canada to Costa Rica during the Pleistocene epoch.
Mammoth - New World Encyclopedia
Mammoth is the common name for any of the large, extinct elephants comprising the genus Mammuthus, with many species equipped with long, curved tusks, and in northern species, a …
Siberian Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) - Elephant
Mar 24, 2025 · The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is a species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch, and was identified as an …
Mammoths, the prehistoric elephants - Elephant Encyclopedia and …
Mar 24, 2025 · The genus mammoths, in latin Mammuthus, was a group of species, belonging to the family of elephants, entirely separated in taxonomy from the Mastodons and the genus …
Mammuthus meridionalis - Wikipedia
Mammuthus meridionalis, sometimes called the southern mammoth, is an extinct species of mammoth native to Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene. Reaching a size exceeding modern …
Mammuthus (Woolly Mammoth) - Dinosaurs - Pictures and Facts
Mammuthus primigenius, also known as the Woolly Mammoth, is an extinct prehistoric elephant which lived from 5 million years ago to about 4,500 years ago – from the Early Pliocene Period …