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Woolly Mammoth
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Evolutionary Lineage and Taxonomy
The Woolly Mammoth belongs to the order Proboscidea and the family Elephantidae. Phylogenetic analyses place $\text{M. primigenius}$ as a sister taxon to the Steppe Mammoth ($\text{M. trogontherii}$), with the Columbian Mammoth ($\text{M. columbi}$) representing a more divergent, warmer-adapted cousin found predominantly in southern refugia [3].
The species is hypothesized to have evolved in [Sibeā¦