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2026.08.18 15:21 GMT+8

Meet a Mammoth at the Hulunbuir Historical Museum

Updated 2026.08.18 15:21 GMT+8
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The mammoth fossil on display at the Hulunbuir Historical Museum in Inner Mongolia is one of the museum's most popular exhibits.

A view of the mammoth fossil on display at the Hulunbuir Historical Museum in Inner Mongolia. /CGTN

A view of the mammoth fossil on display at the Hulunbuir Historical Museum in Inner Mongolia. /CGTN

A view of the mammoth fossil on display at the Hulunbuir Historical Museum in Inner Mongolia. /CGTN

Dating to the Late Pleistocene, around 129,000 to 11,700 years ago, the fossilized skeleton measures 5.55 meters in length, 3.75 meters in height and 1.96 meters in width.

A view of the mammoth fossil on display at the Hulunbuir Historical Museum in Inner Mongolia. /CGTN

A view of the mammoth fossil on display at the Hulunbuir Historical Museum in Inner Mongolia. /CGTN

Mammoths, now extinct, were among the largest mammals ever to live on land and iconic animals of the Ice Age.

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