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Pair of Woolly Mammoth Tusks | Northern Yakutia, Russia
Pair of Woolly Mammoth Tusks | Northern Yakutia, Russia
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- Origin: Northern Yakutia, Russia
- Size: Dimensions: diagonal 124cm, length of tusk 204cm, circumference 41cm
- Description: Mammuthus primigenius, Pleistocene
The woolly mammoth was about the size of an Asian elephant and was equipped with two distinctive long tusks. The tusks often had a double curve, like the present specimen, and were used to shovel away snow while feeding. Males may also have used their tusks in combat, perhaps in competition for female mammoths. Mammoths also had thick hair and fat stores to keep them warm in the harsh conditions. The present very large specimens are from an adult animal and have an inward double curve. They are distinguished from other specimens by their rich brown coloration and are also characterized by a rich blue-green patina from mineralization. They are each offered on a specially made stand made of brass and black metal.
- Additional information: Mammoth, (genus Mammuthus), any member of an extinct group of elephants found as fossils in Pleistocene deposits on every continent except Australia and South America, and in early Holocene deposits in North America. (The Pleistocene began 2.6 million years ago and ended 11,700 years ago; the Holocene began 11,700 years ago and continues to the present.) The woolly mammoth, northern, or Siberian mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is by far the best known of all mammoths. The excellent state of preservation of carcasses of this species, found in the permanently frozen soils of Siberia, has yielded much information about the structure and habits of mammoths.
