Sardinian mammoth Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Composite skeleton of known remains showing size of an adult compared to a human. Full scale bar 150 cm, with each black and white section being 10 cm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Family: | Elephantidae |
Genus: | †Mammuthus |
Species: | †M. lamarmorai
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Binomial name | |
†Mammuthus lamarmorai | |
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Mammuthus lamarmorai is a species of dwarf mammoth which lived during the late Middle and Late Pleistocene (between 450,000 and perhaps 40,000 years ago) on the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean. It has been estimated to have had a shoulder height of around 1.4 metres (4.6 ft). Remains have been found across the western part of the island.