Columbian mammoth
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| phylum | Chordata | The Columbian mammoth is an extinct species of mammoth that inhabited North America from southern Canada to Costa Rica during the Pleistocene epoch. It descended from Eurasian steppe mammoths that colonised North America during the Early Pleistocene around 1.5–1.3 million years ago. The Columbian mammoth was among the last mammoth species. Its closest extant relative is the Asian elephant.
Reaching 3.72–4.2 m at the shoulders, the Columbian mammoth was one of the largest species of mammoth, larger than the woolly mammoth and the African bush elephant. For more information, please visit the Wikipedia Entry Get back to Proboscidea |
| class | Mammalia | |
| order | Proboscidea | |
| family | Elephantidae | |
| genus | †Mammuthus | |
| species | M. columbi | |
| Temporal range | Pleistocene Holocene |
