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title: "Mamut włochaty"
description: "Mammuthus primigenius — Ssaki. The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived from the Middle Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/woolly-mammoth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mamut włochaty

> Mammuthus primigenius — Ssaki. The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived from the Middle Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch.

- Scientific name: *Mammuthus primigenius*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 57
- Wikidata: [Q3699044](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3699044)
- iNaturalist taxon: [317775](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/317775)

## Names

- en: Woolly Mammoth
- de: Wollhaarmammut
- es: Mamut lanudo
- fr: Mammouth laineux
- nl: Wolharige mammoet
- pt: Mamute-lanoso
- pl: Mamut włochaty

## Summary

The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is an extinct species of mammoth that lived from the Middle Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch. It was one of the last in a line of mammoth species, beginning with the African Mammuthus subplanifrons in the early Pliocene.  The woolly mammoth began to diverge from the steppe mammoth about 800,000 years ago in Siberia. Its closest extant relative is the Asian elephant. The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) lived alongside the woolly mammoth in North America, and DNA studies show that the two hybridised with each other. Mammoth remains were long known…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_mammoth

## Photo

![Mamut włochaty](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/woolly-mammoth/medium.jpg)

Photo: mionectes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/317775

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/woolly-mammoth?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).