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It is thought that Columbian mammoths (Mammuthus columbi) made their way to Santarosae about 20,000 years ago likely swimming (modern elephants are good swimmers!) the 5 miles or so from the mainland.
Pygmy Mammoths 2005
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These fossils represent Mammuthus exilis, a pygmy species derived from Mammuthus columbi, which was one of several mammoths that roamed North America within the last million years.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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These fossils represent Mammuthus exilis, a pygmy species derived from Mammuthus columbi, which was one of several mammoths that roamed North America within the last million years.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Since the publication of Dr. Falconer's monograph, two other species of elephant, F. mirificus, Leidy, and F. imperator, have been obtained from the Pliocene formations of the Niobrara Valley in Nebraska, one of which, however, may possibly be found hereafter to be the same as E. columbi, Falc.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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Mammuthus columbi became stranded on what is now California's Santa Rosa Island.
Wired Top Stories Brian Switek 2011
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An artist's reconstruction of columbi sergiodlarosa -- a Columbian Mammoth.
FOXNews.com 2011
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An artist's reconstruction of columbi sergiodlarosa -- a Columbian Mammoth.
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2010
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(Camelops hesternus); and Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi).
ScrippsNews 2009
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(Mammuthus columbi), according to The San Diego Union-Tribune
Livescience.com 2009
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Mammuthus columbi), and during the Pleistocene they ranged over much of the northern hemisphere.
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