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[Image: Paleo-Indian man with spear and Columbian mammoth]

There were several species of mammoth. The most common in Oklahoma was the Columbian mammoth, similar in size to the modern elephant. [Mammoth painting by Karen Carr; reproduced from "Oklahoma's Ice Age," by the Oklahoma Geological Survey. Oklahoma City OK: 1997.]

Last reviewed: 2004/07/24