Mammuthus creticus Temporal range:
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Lithograph of jaw and molar teeth | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Proboscidea |
Family: | Elephantidae |
Genus: | †Mammuthus |
Species: | †M. creticus
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Binomial name | |
†Mammuthus creticus (Bate, 1907)
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Synonyms | |
Elephas creticus Bate, 1907 |
Mammuthus creticus, or the Cretan dwarf mammoth, is an extinct species of dwarf mammoth endemic to Crete during the Early Pleistocene to early Middle Pleistocene.