Mamut iku génus gajah purba sing wis cures. Ukuran awaké luwih gedhé tinimbang gajah normal sing ana ing donya saiki. Gadhingé nglingker mbentuk kurva arah lumebu lan, ing spésies lor, kanthi rambut dawa. Mamut urip ing epos Pleistocene wiwit 1,6 yuta taun kapungkur tekan watara 10.000 taun kapungkur. Tembung mamut asalé saka basa Ruslan мамонт.

Ana kasalahpahaman yèn mamut luwih gedhé tinimbang gajah. Spesies gedhé dhéwé mamut sing dingertèni, Mammoth Imperial California, duwé dhuwur geger sakurang-kurangé 5 mèter. Mamut lumrahé duwé bobot 6-8 ton, nanging mamut lanang sing gedhé bobotébisa tekan 12 ton. Gadhing mamut dawané 3,3 mèter tinemu ing lor Lincoln, Illinois taun 2005. Sabagéyan gedhé spésies mamut duwé ukuran sapadha gedhé Gajah Asia modhèren.

Pirsanana uga 
 Mastodon

Pranala njaba 
 "The Mammoth Story " by Grant Keddie - an article on the Royal British Columbia Museum website
 Mammoth Site  of Hot Springs, South Dakota
 The Lenape Stone or The Indian and the Mammoth , by H. C. Mercer, 1885. (searchable facsimile at the University of Georgia Libraries; DjVu & layered PDF  format)

Wacan terusan 
 Lister, Adrian; Bahn, Paul. Mammoths. London: MacMillan, 1994 (ISBN 0-02-572985-3).
 Martin, Paul S. Twilight of the mammoths: Ice Age extinctions and the rewilding of America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005 (ISBN 0-520-23141-4).
 Stone, Richard. Mammonths: The resurrection of an Ice Age giant. London: Fourth Estate, 2001 (ISBN 1-84115-518-7)

Sato kéwan
Chordata
Mamalia
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