†Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 (wooly mammoth)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 47880
Alternative combinations: Elephas primigenius, Mammonteus primigenius
Synonyms: Elephas boreus Hay 1924 (no. 107980), Mammuthus boreus Hay 1924 (no. 108495)
Belongs to Mammuthus according to E. I. Rogaev et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Mammuthus chosaricus, Mammuthus columbi, Mammuthus creticus, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus hayi, Mammuthus lamarmorae, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus trogontherii, Archidiskodon celebensis, Archidiskodon weifangensis, Archidiskodon haroldcooki
Ecology: scansorial insectivore