WOOLY
MAMMOTH mammuthus primigenius
Wooly Mammoth was a cold climate dweller equipped with a
thick layer of fat for insulation, and an exterior of long black
hair. The Wooly Mammoth was smaller than most mammoths, and had a hump of fat
behind its domed head. It fed on low tundra vegetation in which it
scraped away snow and ice from with its ivory tusks. Several well
preserved remains have been found in Siberia and Alaska and cave
paintings in Spain and France show depictions of the Wooly Mammoth
as seen by early humans. The mammuthus primigenius went extinct
only about 10,000 years ago.
TIME - Late
Pleistocene epoch
RANGE - Europe /
North America / Asia
DIET - Tundra
vegetation
SIZE - 9ft. (2.7m)
high
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