Product Description
Made of solid plastic by Safari, Ltd., one of the best names in plastic toy animals, this woolly mammoth's superior design and details make it a museum-quality replica or collector's item, and yet the price puts it in range for the average collector of plastic animals. It measures 6 1/4 inches from the wonderfully lifelike curled tusks to the extended rear foot and stands 5 1/4 inches tall to the tip of the upturned trunk The word MAMMOTH is embossed on the underside. It comes with an informational tag in French, Italian, Spanish, German, and English. This sturdy, durable mammoth is also excellent for school projects, novelties, party favors or even as a children's toy. You can make a marvelous prehistoric or ice age animals shoebox diorama using this and other plastic extinct animals from our gift shop. Be sure to look over our other woolly mammoth toys and gifts.
The woolly mammoth was roughly the same size as modern African elephants. Males reached shoulder heights between 2.7 and 3.4 m (8.9 and 11.2 ft) and weighed up to 6 metric tons (6.6 short tons). Females reached 2.6–2.9 m (8.5–9.5 ft) in shoulder heights and weighed up to 4 metric tons (4.4 short tons). A newborn calf weighed about 90 kilograms (200 lb). The woolly mammoth was well adapted to the cold environment during the last ice age. It was covered in fur, with an outer covering of long guard hairs and a shorter undercoat. The colour of the coat varied from dark to light. The ears and tail were short to minimise frostbite and heat loss. It had long, curved tusks and four molars, which were replaced six times during the lifetime of an individual. Its behaviour was similar to that of modern elephants, and it used its tusks and trunk for manipulating objects, fighting, and foraging. The diet of the woolly mammoth was mainly grass and sedges. Individuals could probably reach the age of 60. Its habitat was the mammoth steppe, which stretched across northern Eurasia and North America.