Mammuthus exilis a.k.a.‭ ‬pygmy mammoth and Channel Islands mammoth

Mam-mu-fus ex-i-lis.
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Emerson Winslow

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Name

Mammuthus exilis

Phonetic

Mam-mu-fus ex-i-lis.

Named By

Maglio‭ ‬-‭ ‬1970.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Proboscidea,‭ ‬Elephantidae,‭ ‬Mammuthus.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

Size

Between 1.7 and 2 meters tall at the shoulder.

Known locations

Channel Islands of California‭ ‬-‭ ‬Including Santa Cruz,‭ ‬San Miguel and Santa Rosa.

Time Period

Late Pleistocene to early Holocene.

Fossil representation

Many specimens.

In Depth

Further Reading

– The Pleistocene elephants of Santa Rosa Island, California. – Science 68 (1754): 140–141. – Chester Stock & E. L. Furlong – 1928. – Giant Island/Pygmy Mammoths:The Late Pleistocene Prehistory of Channel Islands National Park. – National Park Service Paleontological Research 4: 35–39. – Larry D. Agenbroad & Don P. Morris – 1999. – Mammoths and Humans as Late Pleistocene Contemporaries on Santa Rosa Island. – American Geophysical Union. – L. D. Agenbroad, J. Johnson, D. Morris, T. W. Stafford – 2007. – Mammuthus exilis from the California Channel Islands: Height, Mass and Geologic Age. – Proceedings of the 7th California Islands Symposium. p. 17. – Larry D. Agenbroad – 2010. – Flightless ducks, giant mice and pygmy mammoths: Late Quaternary extinctions on California’s Channel Islands. – World Archaeology 44: 3–20. – T. C. Rick, C. A. Hoffman, T. J. Braje, J. E. Maldonado, T. S. Sillett, K. Danchisko, J. M. Erlandson – 2012.

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