The Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) is one of the most popular of the Mammuthus species and was once widespread, roaming the mammoth steppes in huge herds of what's now Eurasia and North America during the Pleistocene-Early Holocene: the same time alongside our early human ancestors. Its closest relative is the Asian elephant and like their modern relatives, they live in matriarchal societies lead by a older female. Though they sport wooly coats unlike their modern relatives ranging from reddish brown to blonde. The thick layer of fur, short legs, short ears and tail helped to keep them warm in the freezing mammoth steppe while using their long tusks to scrape out mosses, grasses and other plants. Sadly, they went extinct due to human activity and climate change.