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Columbian mammoth
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The Columbian mammoth is an extinct species of mammoth that inhabited North America from southern Canada to Costa Rica during the Pleistocene epoch. The Columbian mammoth descended from Eurasian stepp
Mammuthus columbi Page
Mammuthus columbi Page
1863 lithograph of the partial holotype molar from Georgia
1863 lithograph of the partial holotype molar from Georgia
Henry F. Osborn's 1942 diagram of evolutionarily "progressive" mammoth skulls of species he grouped in the genus Parelephas; the North American specie
Henry F. Osborn's 1942 diagram of evolutionarily "progressive" mammoth skulls of species he grouped in the genus Parelephas; the North American species are now considered junior synonyms of M. columbi
Skeletons of two males that died with their tusks interlocked, Trailside Museum of Natural History, Nebraska
Skeletons of two males that died with their tusks interlocked, Trailside Museum of Natural History, Nebraska
Woolly mammoth
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The woolly mammoth is an extinct species of mammoth that lived from the Middle Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning wi
Columbian mammoth
…steppe mammoths that colonized North America during the Early Pleistocene around 1.5–1.3 million years ago, and later experienced hybridisation with the woolly mammoth lineage. The Columbian mammoth was among the last mammoth species, and the pygmy mammoths evolved from them on the Channel Islands of California. The…
Siegsdorfer Mammut
Siegsdorfer Mammut
Georges Cuvier's 1796 comparison between the mandible of a woolly mammoth (bottom left and top right) and an Indian elephant (top left and bottom righ
Georges Cuvier's 1796 comparison between the mandible of a woolly mammoth (bottom left and top right) and an Indian elephant (top left and bottom right)
Copy of an interpretation of the "Adams mammoth" carcass from around 1800, with Johann Friedrich Blumenbach's handwriting
Copy of an interpretation of the "Adams mammoth" carcass from around 1800, with Johann Friedrich Blumenbach's handwriting
1930s illustration of the lectotype molars; the left one is now lost.
1930s illustration of the lectotype molars; the left one is now lost.