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Scientific name Mammuthus primigenius
Home era Late Pleistocene
Creature type Mammal
Deaths caused 0
Appearances Episode 1.8

Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) are a species of hairy elephants that lived in North America during the Late Pleistocene.

In Primeval Adventure Series[]

A herd of Woolly Mammoths were seen by Matt and Max while trying to catch the mystery man Andy. They got into the way of the herd where they got trampled but survived. They were commonly seen when Matt and Max were through the anomaly. (Episode 1.8)

Facts[]

During the last Ice Age, there were many large, interesting mammals, like the sabre toothed cats, giant ground sloths, mastodons, and mammoths. These animals have long since gone extinct and are known mostly from fossils, from frozen, mummified carcasses, and even from ancient cave drawings. Mammoths (genus Mammuthus) are extinct elephant-like animals that were adapted to cold weather. These herbivores (plant-eaters) had long, dense hair and underfur, large ears (but much smaller than modern-day elephants), a long proboscis (nose), and long tusks. Both the males and the females had tusks; the tusks were really incisor teeth. Mammoths lived from about 2 million years ago to 9,000 years ago, during the last ice age (the Pleistocene Epoch). This was millions of years after the dinosaurs went extinct. These huge mammals lived throughout the world.

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The CGI model for the Woolly Mammoth

The various mammoths ranged in size from about 9 ft (2.7 m) tall to over 15 ft (4.5 m) tall. Some species had tusks that were straight, some had tusks that were curved. The longest tusks were over 17 feet (5.2 m) long. The tusks were used in mating rituals, for protection, and for digging in the snow for food. In 1997, an entire mummified Woolly Mammoth was found in Siberian ice. It was removed in October, 1999, and transported to a frigid, underground cave where it will be carefully studied. Scientists hope to be able to clone this remarkable specimen. Mammoths had longer tusks than another type of hairy elephant called mastodons, a wider head, a sloping back, flat, chewing teeth, a trunk with two finger-like projections, and were mostly taller. Mastodons evolved earlier and lasted longer in geologic time.

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