Steppe mammoth (SciiFii)

The steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii, sometimes Mammuthus armeniacus) is a species of elephant that ranges over most of northern Eurasia, and originally lived during the late Early and Middle Pleistocene, approximately 1.7 million-200,000 years ago, being once an extinct species, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced throughout the forests, swamps, open woodlands, grasslands, shrublands, and scrublands of Eurasia to help boost biodiversity. The original steppe mammoth populations evolved in Siberia during the Early Pleistocene from Mammuthus meridionalis. The steppe mammoth is among the largest mammoth species, having an average shoulder height of between 12.8 - 14.8 feet (3.89–4.5 meters) tall and weigh about 10.4–14.3 metric tons (11.5–15.8 short tons). It is a herbivore that mainly feeds on grasses, shrubs, and some leaves, but can occasionally feast on branches in times of hardship. It is a social herd-dwelling animal, with adult females as well as young males and females living together, which are leaded by the matriarch (female leader), but bull male steppe mammoths live in mostly solitary lives unless it is breeding seasons, when males have musth and males find suitable females to mate with. The conservation status of the steppe mammoth is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the steppe mammoth's wide natural range.
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