Pygmy Mammoth Tooth Replica
$42.00
Remains of M. exilis have been discovered on three of the northern Channel Islands of California since 1856: Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel, which together with Anacapa were the highest portions of the now mostly submerged superisland of Santa Rosae.
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Description
Pygmy Mammoth Tooth Replica is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast. Pygmy Mammoth Tooth Replica measures 6.5 x 5.5 x .5.0 inches. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
The Pygmy Mammoth or Channel Islands mammoth (Mammuthus exilis) is an extinct species of dwarf elephant native to the northern Channel Islands off the coast of California. It was descended from the Columbian mammoth (M. columbi) of mainland North America.
This species became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene during the Quaternary extinction event in which many megafauna species became extinct due to changing conditions to which the species could not adapt.
Dwarf Mammoth remains have been known on the northern Channel Islands of California since 1856. They were first reported in scientific literature in 1873. In 1994 the National Park Service called in scientists to inspect an uncovered, unidentified skeleton found on the northeast coast of Santa Rosa Island.
They found bones of the axial skeleton of a large land vertebrate and decided to excavate and dig up the skeleton. They recovered 90% of a mature male pygmy mammoth’s skeleton. The mammoth was about 50 years old when it died.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Proboscidea
- Family: Elephantidae
- Genus: †Mammuthus
- Species: †M. exilis
- Binomial name: †Mammuthus exilis
- Conservation status: Extinct
Additional information
| Weight | 3.0 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 6.5 × 5.5 × .5 in |