Woolly Mammoth Tooth - Riker Box Specimens 1960s With headwaters located high in

With headwaters located high in the Peruvian Andes

66 million years ago

using its tail as a counterweight

The Display Case size teeth are enclosed in a handsome

Woolly Mammoth Tooth - Riker Box Specimens 1960s With headwaters located high inA full grown woolly mammoth, just one species of the genus Mammuthus, stood 10 to 12 feet (3 to 3. 5 m) at the shoulder, with a shaggy coat of hair. The woolly mammoth's hair provided a substantial advantage in the struggle to stay warm. Their high crowned molars were pleated with ridges of enamel: somewhat similar to the dentition of the modern Asian elephant, but distinct from the fewer, diamond shaped, enamel plates of the African elephant. The