Columbian Mammoth Sweatshirt
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"Enter the tar pits with this awesome prehistoric giant."
PLEISTOCENE MAMMAL - COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH - PLEISTOCENE EPOCH
Oil painting of Columbian Mammoth by paleo-artist J. Moravec.
Columbian Mammoth Sweatshirts are Hanes 50/50 cotton poly blend , made in USA
Silk screen printed, sweatshirts are soft to touch and colorfast
Pleistovene Epoch - COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH
The Pleistocene - Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) was the
largest mammal to have been trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits. Some
individuals stood over 13 feet tall. The mammoth migrated into North
America from Asia about 2 million years ago. The Columbian Mammoth
was larger, but less hairy, than the wooly mammoth which lived near
the ice sheets in the northern end of the continent. The mammoth
became extinct about 11,000 years ago - about the same time the first
humans migrated into North America.
TIME - Late Pliocene to Late
Pleistocene
RANGE - North America, south of
the ice sheets.
DIET - Mostly grass but also
leaves.
SIZE - 12ft (3.6 m) at the
shoulders.
WEIGHT - 10,000 lbs (4,600
kg)