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woolly mammoth
noun
: a heavy-coated mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) formerly inhabiting the colder parts of the northern hemisphere
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Researchers think the wide-open balds were created by grazing animals, first by mastodons and woolly mammoths, and later by deer and elk.
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Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 6 June 2025
Colossal has said their vision of restoring the woolly mammoth would not only prove that a massive extinct animal can be brought back but that the mammoth, if it could be reinserted into the Arctic region, would improve the ecosystem and help combat global warming.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
The company is also working on reviving the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 12 July 2025
Similar efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth, the dodo and the thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian tiger, are also underway.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
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Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 6 June 2025
Colossal has said their vision of restoring the woolly mammoth would not only prove that a massive extinct animal can be brought back but that the mammoth, if it could be reinserted into the Arctic region, would improve the ecosystem and help combat global warming.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
The company is also working on reviving the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 12 July 2025
Similar efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth, the dodo and the thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian tiger, are also underway.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
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“Woolly mammoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woolly%20mammoth. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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