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.
El primer gran mamut que apareix en escena és el meridional, que feia quatre metres d'alçada, pesava unes 10 tones i estava adaptat als boscs. Es va estendre des d'Europa  occidental fins a l'Àsia central, travessant el pont de Beríngia fins a Amèrica del nord.