Nun cho ga
Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) at
Eureka Creek Mine in Canada

Biography

☨ ♀ Nun cho ga
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Taxidermy location	Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Yukon, Canada

Identification


Description

Species:	Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Status:	fossil
Characteristics:	entire mummyfied body
Origin
Born:	* between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago. wild
Birth place:	in North America unspecified forest
Death
Dead:	†between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago.
Death location:	Eureka Creek Mine
Death reason:	accident: got stuck in the mud.
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Eureka Creek Mine, in Canada

Date of arrival

	Eureka Creek Mine from North America unspecified forest

Record history
History of updates	2022-06-26

Latest document update	2022-06-25 10:44:28
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† Nun cho ga is a dead fossil Female ♀ Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), , who died at Eureka Creek Mine, in Canada, . Official death reason described as got stuck in the mud..

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, in Yukon, Canada, since 2022-06-21.

Origin

Nun cho ga was born wild at North America unspecified forest.

Comments / pictures

After Nun cho ga was recovered from the mining site, she was brought to a nearby location where a ceremony took place.

Led by Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in elders, about 15 or 16 people — Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in members, scientists, miners and politicians — gathered in a circle and prayed as Nun cho ga was revealed from the tarp in which she had been wrapped.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Nun cho ga, Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) located at Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Canada. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10465. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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