Woolly mammoth
Mammuthus primigenius
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Mammuthus primigenius
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, North America
- Group
- Mammal
- Period
- Quaternary (Ice Age)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- Medium (3–9 m)
- Moves
- On four legs
- Feature
- Tusks
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- The last woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island until about 4,000 years ago, when the pyramids of Egypt already stood.
- Whole frozen mammoths, some still with skin and hair, have been found in the Siberian permafrost.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q3699044 · All prehistoric life · All entries