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Mammoth skeleton

Mammoth skeleton

This woolly mammoth was killed in North America about 11,000 years ago. Partly frozen carcasses have been found in northern Siberia. The last remaining population of this species survived on an island in the Arctic Ocean, and became extinct about 1700 BC.

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Private collection
Photograph by Alastair McLean

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How to cite this page:

Richard Holdaway. 'Extinctions', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/extinctions/3/1