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Woolly Mammoth
Mammuthus primigenius
The Woolly Mammoth was a large, prehistoric relative of modern elephants, well-adapted to the cold steppe-tundra environments of the Pleistocene epoch. It was covered in a thick, shaggy coat of fur, had a layer of insulating fat, and possessed long, curved tusks that could reach…
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- The last population of Woolly Mammoths survived on Wrangel Island until about 4,000 years ago, thousands of years after most populations went extinct.
- Woolly Mammoths had specialized blood that helped them survive freezing temperatures. Their tusks could be used for digging through snow to find food, and some individuals had spiral-shaped tusks.
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