So the first large mammoth that appears on the scene is meridionalis, which was standing four meters tall weighing about 10 tons, and was a woodland-adapted species and spread from Western Europe clear across Central Asia, across the Bering land bridge and into parts of North America.
O primeiro grande mamute que aparece em cena é o mamute-ancestral,  que media quatro metros de altura, pesava cerca de 10 toneladas,  e era uma espécie adaptada a florestas. Espalharam-se da Europa Ocidental  até à Ásia Central e, atravessando a Ponte Terrestre de Bering, chegaram à América do Norte.