Mammuthus primigenius

Description
See the Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)  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 columbi
 * Mammuthus lamarmorai

Fossil Locations


Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (6: British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Germany (7), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (3), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (22: Alaska, California, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin)

Temporal Range
Mammuthus primigenius:

Temporal Range: 0.15-0.0037 MYA

Lifespan: 0.15 MY

Mammuthus:

Temporal Range: 5-0.0037 MYA

Lifespan: 5 MY