Product Description
Our small plastic woolly mammoth toy is nice for any fan of Ice Age animals. The fine details may make it look bigger in the photo than it really is, but this miniature extinct giant mammoth replica is just the right size for your prehistoric life or Ice Age shoebox diorama. Th mammoth is 2 1/2 inches from tusks to tail, and stands 2 1/8 inches to the tip if its extended trunk. Our woolly mammoth model will fit in a shoe box along with other examples of extinct animals from the Earth's past. Add a few rocks, plants, grass, make a river or stream from anything that strikes your imagination, and there you go - a scene of life on our planet as it might have been many thousands of years ago. The mammoth is made of solid plastic and is quite durable. The name "Woolly Mammoth" is molded onto the bottom of the animal in very tiny letters. Be sure to take a look at our other prehistoric figurines.
The woolly mammoth is an extinct species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene epoch, and was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning with Mammuthus subplanifrons in the early Pliocene. The woolly mammoth diverged from the steppe mammoth about 400,000 years ago in East Asia. Its closest extant relative is the Asian elephant. The appearance and behaviour of this species are among the best studied of any prehistoric animal because of the discovery of frozen carcasses in Siberia and Alaska, as well as skeletons, teeth, stomach contents, dung, and depiction from life in prehistoric cave paintings. Mammoth remains had long been known in Asia before they became known to Europeans in the 17th century. The origin of these remains was long a matter of debate, and often explained as being remains of legendary creatures. The mammoth was identified as an extinct species of elephant by Georges Cuvier in 1796.