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Mammuthus sp., Mammoth(es)

genus Mammuthus Brookes, 1828

• Extinct species: Pliocene - Pleistocene (5.3 - 0.01 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Proboscidea, family Elephantidae

• Distribution
• Pleistocene: Hokkaido, Niigata, Chiba, Shiga, Osaka, Oita
• Investigation in progress: Hokkaido

• Subtaxa
• M. primigenius, Woolly mammoth
• M. protomammonteus