Woolly Mammoth: Mammuthus

Woolly Mammoth: Mammuthus book cover — GRAPHIC PREHISTORIC ANIMALS WOOLLY MAMMOTH MAMMUTHUS TN pm ILLUSTRATED BY ALESSANDRO POLUZZI Smart Apple Media

Woolly Mammoth: Mammuthus — page 1 — WHAT IS A WOOLLY MAMMOTHD MAMMTHUS IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR ALL MAMMOTHS The woolly mammoth lived around 200 000 to 4 000 years ago during the Pleistocene and Holocene periods Fossils and mummies of its skeleton have been found in North America Northern Europe and Asia see page 22 i It had big teeth four molars and two A tusks The tusks curved inward to help balance their weight t were to Its tusks used A clear away snow from the ground to feed to rub bark from trees and to fend off predators It stored a i It used AN its tusks in fights with rival males hump of fat on its shoulders to help it survive the lean winters ii It had two fingertips at the end of its trunk that could pluck grass and plants MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS FIRST MAMMOTH MEASURED UP TO 11 FEET 3 4 m HIGH AND WEIGHED 6 TONS 5 443 KG THE it Its outer fur was 3 feet 1 m LARGEST TUSKS WERE A long Under that was a shorter 14 FEET 4 3 m LONG coat and beneath its skin there I was a 4 inch 10 cm layer of fat This would be a woolly mammoth and

Woolly Mammoth: Mammuthus — page 2 — MAMMOTH FACTS NAMI A dul woolly mammoths had to eat 500 pounds 226 kg of food each day Their molars had hardened ridges to grind down tough plant stalks and bark They grew new molars six times oolly mammoth lived throughout their lives By cutting a during ice ages section through a tusk scientists They were similar to Asian can age mammoths by counting elephants but they had adapted to growth rings The oldest ones lived the cold They were covered with to be 60 brown fur and were bulked out with fat Both sexes of mammoths evolved long tusks to help them cope with their frozen world and a mammoth with the large predators that molar hunted them Unlike modern day ike elephants today it elephants they had small ears and is believed that mammoths short tails to minimize heat loss formed social herds of females led and frostbite The shape of their by an older matriarch The females trunk tips enabled them to pluck up would be sought out by lone males the plants that grew on the steppe during breeding

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