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Mammuthus
Brookes, 1828
- mammoths
(mammal)
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Entity:
Elephantinae (Subfamily)
..Elephantini (Tribe) - elephants
..†Stegodibelodon (Genus)
..‡Mammuthus (Genus) - mammoths
....†Mammuthus africanavus (Species) - African mammoth
....†Mammuthus columbi (Species) - Columbian mammoth
....†Mammuthus creticus (Species)
....†Mammuthus exilis (Species) - pygmy mammoth
....†Mammuthus hayi (Species)
....†Mammuthus imperator (Species) - imperial mammoth
....†Mammuthus intermedius (Species)
....†Mammuthus jeffersonii (Species) - Jefferson's mammoth
....†Mammuthus lamarmorae (Species) - Sardinian dwarf mammoth
....†Mammuthus meridionalis (Species) - southern mammoth
....‡Mammuthus primigenius (Species) - woolly mammoth
....†Mammuthus rumanus (Species)
....†Mammuthus subplanifrons (Species) - South African mammoth
....†Mammuthus trogontherii (Species) - steppe mammoth
Authorship
Original name
:
Brookes, 1828: 73-74.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type
:
Mammuthus primigenius
(Blumenbach, 1799)
Ref:
A. Virág, 2009
: 409.
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Mammonteus
(Genus)
Camper, 1788, nom. emend., nom. inval.
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 504.
Different spelling
:
Mammut
(Genus)
Blumenbach, 1799
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Homonyms
Allowed homonym
:
Mammuthus
(Minor planet)
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: 23 Oct 2025.
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Mammonteus
(Genus)
Camper, 1788, nom. emend., nom. inval.
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Junior synonym
:
†
Cheirolites
(Genus)
Meyer, 1848
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 504.
Junior synonym
:
†
Dicyclotherium
(Genus)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 504.
Junior synonym
:
†
Mammonteum
(Genus)
Blainville, 1864
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 504.
Including
:
†
Archidiskodon
(Genus)
Pohlig, 1888
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 504.
Including
:
†
Archidiskodon
(Subgenus)
Pohlig, 1888
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 504.
Including
:
†
Metarchidiskodon
(Genus)
Osborn, 1934
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 504.
Including
:
†
Parelephas
(Genus)
Osborn, 1924
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 504.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
mammoeten
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
mammoths
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