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Mammoth emoji 🦣

🦣 is the mammoth: a woolly mammoth with curved tusks and shaggy brown fur. It means mammoths, the Ice Age, prehistory — museums, Ice Age the film, de-extinction news…

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What the mammoth 🦣 emoji means

🦣 is the mammoth: a woolly mammoth with curved tusks and shaggy brown fur. It means mammoths, the Ice Age, prehistory — museums, Ice Age the film, de-extinction news — and huge: “a mammoth task”. Added in Emoji 13.0 (2020) with 🦤 dodo, the two extinct animals in the set. Its living relative is 🐘 elephant; fellow fossils 🦖 dinosaur.

Unicode name: mammoth · U+1F9A3 · Emoji 13.0 (2020) · group: Animals & Nature.

IN A MESSAGEmammoth week ahead 🦣 three deadlines and a move

How people use it

  • Mammoth tasks: huge jobs
  • Prehistory: museums, Ice Age
  • Extinction and de-extinction: science news
  • Old: “ancient” jokes

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
mammothU+1F9A3Woolly mammoth
elephantU+1F418Living relative
T-RexU+1F996Dinosaur
dodoU+1F9A4The other extinct emoji
iceU+1F9CAIce Age

Questions people ask

What does 🦣 mean?

A mammoth — prehistory, extinction, or something huge.

When was 🦣 added?

2020, Emoji 13.0.

Which emoji are extinct animals?

🦣 mammoth, 🦤 dodo and the dinosaurs 🦖 🦕.

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Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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