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Descriptor English: Mammoths
Descriptor Spanish: Mamuts
Descriptor mamuts
Entry term(s) mamut lanudo
Scope note: Género extinto de grandes mamíferos de la familia Elephantidae que se alimentaban de pastos. La mayoría desaparecieron al final de la última glaciación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mamutes
Descriptor French: Mammouths
Entry term(s): Mammoth
Mammoth, Woolly
Mammoths, Woolly
Mammuthus
Mammuthus primigenius
Woolly Mammoth
Woolly Mammoths
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.250.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056665
Scope note: An extinct genus of large mammals in the family Elephantidae that fed by grazing on low vegetation. Most died out at the end of the last ice age.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Elephants (1985-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
DeCS ID: 53445
Unique ID: D056665
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Mammoths - Preferred
Concept UI M0528317
Scope note An extinct genus of large mammals in the family Elephantidae that fed by grazing on low vegetation. Most died out at the end of the last ice age.
Preferred term Mammoths
Entry term(s) Mammoth
Mammuthus
Woolly Mammoth - Narrower
Concept UI M0528318
Preferred term Woolly Mammoth
Entry term(s) Mammoth, Woolly
Mammoths, Woolly
Mammuthus primigenius
Woolly Mammoths



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