Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / January 2005

Open & Moderated Forum for Fossilized Whooly Mammoth, common name for
several extinct species of the elephant family. Fossilized Whooly
Mammoth had long, curved tusks that reached a length of about 3 m
(about 10.5 ft), and a prominent hump on the back. Those that lived in
cold climates had a shaggy covering of long, thick hair.

These animals moved northward as the glaciers of the Ice Age receded.
The first Fossilized Whooly Mammoths appeared in Africa during the
early Pliocene Epoch, about 5 million years ago. The first North
American Fossilized Whooly Mammoths migrated across the Bering Strait
from Asia into Alaska during a period of low sea level about 2 million
years ago. By the Beginning of the Pleistocene Epoch, about 1.6 million
years ago, mammoths inhabited North America, Europe, and Asia.
Scientists believe that most Fossilized Whooly Mammoths had died out
toward the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, about 11,000 years ago,
although scientists have found the remains of dwarf Fossilized Whooly
Mammoths that survived until around 3,700 years ago on Wrangel Island
in the Arctic Ocean.

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