BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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Chapter 23, Problem 17WIO
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The fact that modern elephants originated in Africa and Asia whereas mammoths lived on the tundra.
Introduction:
The mammoths were very heavier and shaggier than the elephants. The ears of mammoths were small and comprised a layer of fat under the skin. The elephants and the Woolly mammoths belong to the same taxonomic family.
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