dread-doughnuts:Jefferson’s Mammoth on display at the American Museum of Natural History. Prev
dread-doughnuts:Jefferson’s Mammoth on display at the American Museum of Natural History. Previously it was thought to be a separate species and was assigned the binomial name Mammuthus jeffersoni. However, recent studies have suggested that it may either be a synonym of the Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) or that it may represent a hybrid between the Columbian mammoth and woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). The official taxonomy remains unresolved, though nuclear DNA tests could perhaps clarify it. -- source link
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