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The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) is an extinct species of mammoth that inhabited the Americas from southern Canada to Costa Rica during the Pleistocene epoch. The Columbian mammoth descended from Eurasian mammoths that colonised North America during the Early Pleistocene around … See more
The Columbian mammoth was first scientifically described in 1857 by naturalist Hugh Falconer, who named the species Elephas columbi after the explorer Christopher Columbus.… See more
Like that of modern elephants, the mammoth's sensitive, muscular trunk was a limb-like organ with many functions. It was used for… See more
Towards the end of the Late Pleistocene, around or after 16,000 years ago, Paleoindians entered the Americas through the Beringia … See more
Larramendi 2016 estimated the average male Columbian mammoth to have had a shoulder height of 3.75 m (12.3 ft) and a weight of 9.5 tonnes (10.5 short tons), though large males may have exceeded 4 m (13 ft) in height and 12 tonnes (13 short tons) in weight. It … See more
Columbian mammoths inhabited the much of North America, ranging from southern Canada to Central America (where it was largely confined to the vicinity of the Pacific coast), with … See more
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WEBJan 22, 2020 · Learn about the Columbian Mammoth, a giant ice age mammal that lived in North America and went extinct 13,000 to 10,000 years ago. See fossil footprints and teeth at White Sands National Park, …
Columbian Mammoth - Prehistoric Fauna
WEBColumbian Mammoth ( Mammuthus columbi Hibbard, 1955) Order: Proboscidea. Family: Elephantidae. Dimensions: length - 4.25-6 m …
- Diet: Herbivorous
- Habitat: North America
- Epoch: pleistocene,holocene