Mammuthus columbi

Description
See the Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi)  on Wikipedia.

Existence over past 50.000 years
''Each cell represents 1.000 years. If the bottom-right cell is filled the species went extinct after 1500 AD.''

Taxonomy

 * Genus Extinct: Yes
 * Family Extinct: No
 * Order Extinct: No


 * Closest Living Relative: Elephas maximus - Asian Elephant
 * Conservation Status of Closest Living Relative: EN
 * Time diverged from Closest Living Relative: ?

Other recently extinct species in this genus

 * Mammuthus exilis
 * Mammuthus lamarmorai
 * Mammuthus primigenius

Range
Approximate North American ranges of the Columbian Mammoth (red) and Woolly Mammoth (blue) inferred from fossil finds

Fossil Locations


Quaternary of Canada (10: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (1), Nicaragua (1), United States (69: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)

Temporal Range
Mammuthus columbi:

Temporal Range: 1.5-0.011 MYA

Lifespan: 1.49 MY

Mammuthus:

Temporal Range: 5-0.0037 MYA

Lifespan: 5 MY