The woolly mammoth lived during one of the ice ages which lasted for 200,000 years and they are often used as a symbol of the ice age (“Age of Mammals”). The remains of the woolly mammoths have been found in the northern parts of Asia, America, and Europe. When scientists named it, they called it Elephus Primigenius. This means 'first born elephant'. Scientist called it this because when fossils were discovered they thought it was a very early kind of elephant, but this was not correct. Other fossil remains which have been discovered show that it was one of the later elephants. Many other elephants had been on the earth before the woolly mammoths appeared. The first true elephants had lived millions of years before the woolly mammoth.
The mammoths had the size of Asiatic elephants to which it is closely related. As time progressed its physical characteristics changed in order for it to survive under increasingly cold conditions.
Although they were large creatures, woolly mammoths fed on plants. They ate willow, fir, and alder leaves. They also ate the leaves from bushes. We know what the woolly mammoth ate because complete dead animals have been found in Siberia. When the stomach contents were examined many different kinds of leaves were found. Woolly mammoths probably used their tusks to clear snow from the ground so they could get at their food.
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