Mamoswine (Pokémon)

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Mamoswine (Japanese: マンムー Mammoo) is a dual-type introduced in Generation IV.
It evolves from when leveled up while knowing . It is the final form of .
==Biology==
Mamoswine is a large, quadrupedal resembling a wooly mammoth crossed with a boar. Its brown fur is very thick to endure harsh cold and protect from snow and ice. Its tusks, which are smaller on a female Mamoswine than on a male, are made of pure, solid ice. Mamoswine has a blue mask-like pattern with a white rim around its face and eyes, resembling ski goggles. The fur on its muzzle is tan and shaggy, and its nose resembles that of a pig. Mamoswine's feet are black with three thick toes, and its tail is small.
It can endure harsh cold and hunger for an almost indefinite amount of time, as indicated by a ten-thousand-year-old specimen reviving. Mamoswine lived all around the world during the last , but its population thinned when the climate grew warmer. Mamoswine inhabits cold places, such as mountainous regions and frozen tundra. is a natural predator of Mamoswine. Mamoswine is believed to have hidden potential that was awakened by the cold climate. In Kalos, there area called Route 17/Mamoswine Road, where humans use rental Mamoswine to travel through the heavy snow in order to reach either Dendemille Town or Anistar City.
===Evolution===
Mamoswine evolves from and is the final form of .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : On , also known as Mamoswine Road, the must ride a Mamoswine through the deep snow that separates Dendemille Town and Anistar City.
* : Mamoswine is the boss of Dark Ice Mountain in the Special Episode In the Future of Darkness.
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
====Pokéathlon stats====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
====By leveling up====
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Dawn's Mamoswine====
 has a Mamoswine, which evolved from a Piloswine in A Breed Stampede!, which also marked the species' animated series debut. There was a time where Mamoswine would not listen to Dawn's commands, but it eventually realized how deeply she cared for it in Trials and Adulations! and started obeying her. Since then, Mamoswine became a reliable partner and was used in many Contest Battles.
====Other====
Multiple Mamoswine debuted in Giratina and the Sky Warrior, where they helped stop a sliding glacier that endangered a nearby and several towns and villages.
In a flashback in Survival of the Striaton Gym!, Morana's Mamoswine battled and defeated Chili's Pansear.
Multiple Mamoswine appeared in Over the Mountain of Snow!, including two of them that were hired by and to take a shortcut on .
Alternate World Dawn's Mamoswine appeared in a flashback in The Gates of Warp!, devolving into Piloswine due to 's influence.
===Minor appearances===
A Mamoswine appeared in a fantasy in A Dancing Debut!.
A Mamoswine appeared in The Good, The Bad, and The Lucky!.
A Mamoswine appeared in Mission: Find Oinkologne's Partner!.
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl===
's Mamoswine appeared in PDP29.
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Mamoswine appeared in PMDP16.
===Pocket Monsters HGSS===
A Mamoswine appeared in PMHGSS14.
===Pokémon Adventures===
Prior to Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia I, was revealed to have a Mamoswine. She gave him to without using him, as he reminded her of the boy. He nicknamed him "Moo".
In Hawlucha Attacks, and his friends rode on five Mamoswine while going through Kalos Route 17 to reach Anistar City, to meet Professor Sycamore at the Sundial.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
Koya has a Mamoswine was used in the battle against Hareta in Hearts and Spirits Collide. It took down with a single , then used in combination with its to dodge 's . However, Hareta was able to feel the vibrations created by Mamoswine's charge, allowing him to locate and defeat it.
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
===Pokémon UNITE===
Mamoswine is playable through obtaining a Unite License. It is a melee defender that starts as Swinub and evolves into Piloswine at level 5, which evolves into Mamoswine at level 9.
==Trivia==
* Mamoswine's , , and Pokédex entries are a reference to how s became extinct.
* Mamoswine would have been obtainable in both Generation II and Generation III if it had existed, as could learn in both generations. It shares this trait with .
* No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Mamoswine and its pre-evolved forms.
** Mamoswine's type combination is also the only possible combination weak to all three first partner Pokémon types (, and ), as (the only other type besides , Fire and Water that is weak to either Grass or Water) resists Fire while and (the only types besides Grass or weak to Fire) both resist Grass.
* Mamoswine and its pre-evolved forms are the only Pokémon.
===Origin===
Mamoswine appears to be a combination of a and a ; this combination of features appears to imitate the freatures of the , a breed of , known for its wooly hide. The white and blue mask around its eyes resembles ski goggles. Its type may be derived from the fact that the word "mammoth" comes from the Russian word "ма́монт", which itself originates from the Mansi words "ма̄" (earth) and "а̄ньт" (horn). The type, however, may come from the association of mammoths with an . Its variant's green coloration may be a reference to jewelry, an art that dates back to ancient times, in which elephants are commonly depicted. This is further supported by the fact that Mamoswine originated in the Hisui region, with 翡翠 (hisui) meaning "jade" in Japanese. Also, Mamoswine is based on an ancient creature, and must know the move to be able to evolve from its previous form.
====Name origin====
Mamoswine may be a combination of mammoth and swine.
Mammoo may be a combination of mammoth and ブーブー būbū ( for oinking).
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Dawn's Mamoswine
* Mamoswine (UNITE)
==External links==
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