Pygmy mammoth
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The pygmy mammoth or Channel Islands mammoth is an extinct species of dwarf mammoth native to the northern Channel Islands off the coast of southern California during the Late Pleistocene. It was desc
Mammuthus exilis
Excavation in 1994, Santa Rosa
Channel Islands (California)
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The Channel Islands are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. They define the Santa Barbara Channel between the is
Pygmy mammoth
…The pygmy mammoth or Channel Islands mammoth (Mammuthus exilis) is an extinct species of dwarf mammoth native to the northern Channel Islands off the coast of southern California during the Late Pleistocene. It was descended from the Columbian mammoth (M. columbi) of mainland North America…
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Beach on Santa Cruz Island
Beach on San Miguel Island
Tomols or te'aats are Chumash and Tongva boats used to travel throughout the islands and to the mainland.