Woolly Mammoth

The Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that inhabited northern Eurasia and North America during the early Pleistocene up until 3,000 B.C. when the last surviving population on Wrangel Island went extinct. Male woolly mammoths were up to 11.2 feet at the shoulder and weighed up to 6.6 tons while females were up to 9.2 feet at the shoulder and weighed up to 4.4 tons.