| Mammuthus rumanus Temporal range: Late Pliocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | †Mammuthus |
| Species: | †M. rumanus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mammuthus rumanus Ștefănescu, 1924
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Mammuthus rumanus is a species of mammoth that lived during the Pliocene in Eurasia. It the oldest mammoth species known outside of Africa.[1]
- ^ Markov, Georgi N. (25 October 2012). "Mammuthus rumanus, early mammoths, and migration out of Africa: Some interrelated problems". Quaternary International. 276–277: 23–26. Bibcode:2012QuInt.276...23M. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.041.