Woolly Mammoth Steppe T-Shirt — Plate 007

A woolly mammoth crosses the cold, dry mammoth steppe. Mammoths are known from frozen carcasses with hair, ears and fat hump preserved, so this is one of the best-documented animals in the series.

Plate 007 of the Deep Time Atlas: museum-style paleo-art of Mammuthus primigenius (woolly mammoth), reconstructed from fossil evidence and current research.

Field notes

• Period and age: Late Pleistocene. The species survived on Wrangel Island until about 4,000 years ago
• Where found: Northern Eurasia and northern North America
• Habitat: The "mammoth steppe": cold, dry grassland with sedges and herbs, not deep snowfields
• Plants: Grasses, sedges, wormwood-type herbs, dwarf willow
• Neighbors: Woolly rhinoceros, steppe bison, wild horses, reindeer, cave lions
• Evidence: Frozen carcasses preserve hair, ears, tail and fat hump; coat color shown in old hair has partly faded

The shirt

• Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex tee, 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²), soft and lightweight
• Pre-shrunk, side-seamed, shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Printed on demand (DTG) for you; blank sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras or the US

Note: the fabric is slightly sheer and may show through a little in lighter colors.

Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry, do not iron the print.