Dima
Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) at
Frunze mine in Russia

Biography

☨ ⚪ Dima
Dima as museum specimen.

Alternative name:	Kirgilyakh (Magadan) Mammoth
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in Russia

Date of arrival

1977-00-00	Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Identification


Description
Species:	Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
Sex and age:	, unknown age, unknown age
Status:	fossil
Origin
Born:	* about 41,000 years ago wild
Birth place:	in Siberia unspecified forest
Death
Dead:	†about 41,000 years ago
Death location:	Frunze mine
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Frunze mine, in Russia

Date of arrival

	Frunze mine
Record history
History of updates	2023-05-15

Latest document update	2023-05-15 16:54:13
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† Dima is a dead fossil Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), , who died at Frunze mine, in Russia, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 1977-00-00.

Origin

Dima was born wild at Siberia unspecified forest.

Comments / pictures

Dima in Frunze mine

The discovery of the frozen carcass of the Kirgilyakh (Magadan) Mammoth or Dima provided the first opportunity for a detailed study of the Anatomy of a mammoth calf

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Dima, Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) located at Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Russia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16912. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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