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Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach, 1799 woolly mammoth hair from the Upper Pleistocene of Russia (centimeter scale). During the Pleistocene (the last Ice Age), many terrestrial mammals in North America, Europe, and northern Asia evolved coverings of coarse hair. The woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, is an extinct species of elephant whose remains are sometimes found in Siberia. Fossil woolly mammoths are not infrequently found with preserved soft parts (skin, muscles, guts, etc.) and hair. Shown here is some fossil hair from a Siberian woolly mammoth. Most of the hair is slightly reddish-brown in color, but this is likely not the original color (see Lister & Bahn, 1994). These are samples of the outer coat of a mammoth. The hairs from a mammoth’s inner coat were finer and shorter. Classification: Animalia, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Proboscidea, Elephantidae Locality: Yakutia (likely from the Taimir Peninsula), northern Siberia, Russia. Reference Cited Lister, A. & P. Bahn. 1994. Mammoths. New York. Macmillan. 168 pp. |
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| Author | James St. John |
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