| Mammoth Temporal range: Early Pliocene to Holocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | Mammuthus |
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The mammoth (Mammuthus) is an extinct animal that only has one known confirmed type species. It is related to the modern-day elephant and the ancient mastodon.
The woolly mammoth was the last of the mammoths to live on Earth.
Extinction[]
The last species to exist was Mammuthus primigenius, also known as the woolly mammoth. Many people think that the woolly mammoth died out due to a lack of food.