Mamont

MAMONT (Mammuthus primigeni-us), hayvoni shirkhuri murdaraftaest va az oilai filho bud. Dar Avrupo, Osiyoi Shimoli va Amerikai Shimoli dar nimai duyumi pleystosen zindagi karda, qarib 10 hazor sol pesh az bayn raftaast. Qadi Mamont 2,5—3,5         metr, vaznash 7 tonn buda, poyhoi kutoh va mui gafs dosht. Darozii ochash 4 metr va vazni on 100 kg. buda, bo yorii on az zeri barf alafu buttaro daryoft mekard. Mamont hamzamoni odami asri sang bud. Bozyofti ustukhoni Mamont dar paleolit az in shahodat medihad. Rasm va mujassamahoi Mamont, ki odamoni qadim ofaridaand, niz paydo shudaand.

Dar shimoli Sibir va Alyaska ziyoda az 40 jasadi Mamont az qabati jinshoi kuhii yakhbastai bisyorsola yoft shudaast. Namunai mukommaltari Mamontro Ekspedisiyai AF Peterburg (1901-02) dar sohili daryoi Berezovka daryoft namud. Oid ba Mamont tadqiqoti anatomi, gistologi va biokhimiyavi burdaanl, Khusa skeleti Mamont dar Muzei zoologiyai Leningrad guzoshga shudaast. 23 iyuni 1977 dar vodii Kirgilyai nohiyai Susumayai viloyati Magadan buldozerchi A. V. Logachev hangomi kushoda, takht kardani qabati region tillodor jussai butuni bo pashmi zardi bur pushidashudai mamontbachaero daryoft.

Olimoni Shuravi dar tahti rayosati akademik  N.A. Shilo muayyan namudand, ki in mamontbacha (balandiash 104 sm va vaznash 70 kg) 10 hazor sol muqaddam zindagi kardaast. Bozyofti mazkur yagona dar dunyo buda, doroi ahamiyati kaloni ilmi meboshad. Boqimondai Mamont baroi muayyan namudani sinni geologii tahshini kontinentalii antropogen yori merasonad.

Ad.: Illarionov V. T., Mamont. K istorii ego izucheniya v SSSR, Gorkiy. 1940; Augusta Y„ Burnan 3., Kniga o mamontakh, Praga, 1963.