Mammuthus lamarmorai
Mammuthus lamarmorai is a species of mammoth which lived during the late Middle and Late Pleistocene (between 450,000 and perhaps 40,000 years ago) on the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean. M. lamarmorai is a dwarf species, as it is estimated to have reached a shoulder height of only 1.4 metres (4.6 ft). It has been found mostly in the fine-grained sediments of the western part of the island.
| Sardinian mammoth Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Proboscidea |
| Family: | Elephantidae |
| Genus: | †Mammuthus |
| Species: | †M. lamarmorai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mammuthus lamarmorai | |
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