Mammal
Woolly mammoth
The woolly mammoth was comparable in size to today's elephants.
The woolly mammoth was a relative of today's elephants, but also part of a history with several species of mammoth.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Woolly mammoth at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Quaternary
- Group
- Elephantidae
- Elephantids
- Fossil locations
- Siberia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Woolly mammoth
The woolly mammoth was part of a long succession of mammoth species. Its closest living relative is the Asian elephant, and genetic studies also indicate interbreeding with the Columbian mammoth.
The woolly mammoth was comparable in size to today's elephants. Genetic studies can reveal relationships that the silhouette does not show. The evidence of crossings with the Columbian mammoth adds a chapter to that history of populations and kinships.
Elephantidae is the family of living elephants and mammoths. Mastodons belong to a different proboscidean family, although both may initially look like hairy elephants.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Mammuthus primigenius
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- Woolly mammoth
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- Elephantidae
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