Illustration of a mammoth postcard

Illustration of a mammoth. Copyright: Dorling Kindersley Unikonta The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius ), also called the tundra mammoth , is a species of mammoth . This animal is known from bones and frozen carcasses from northern North America and northern Eurasia with the best preserved carcasses in Siberia . They are perhaps the most well known species of mammoth. This mammoth species was first recorded in (possibly 150,000 years old) deposits of the second last glaciation in Eurasia . It was derived from the steppe mammoth (Mammuthus armeniacus ). It disappeared from most of its range at the end of the Pleistocene (10,000 years ago), with an isolated population still living on Wrangel Island until roughly 1700 BC . This page is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.