Mammoth Emoji

Animals

A side-profile depiction of a woolly mammoth, characterized by its thick, shaggy brown fur, long curved tusks, and a prominent hump on its back. The illustration captures the imposing scale of this prehistoric mammal.

Usage Context

Used to describe cold weather, the Ice Age, or anything massive and ancient. It is frequently sent in conversations about natural history or alongside the ❄️ snowflake to emphasize frozen, prehistoric environments.

History

The mammoth was added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0. Its inclusion followed a growing demand for more diverse representation of extinct species, bridging the gap between modern animals like the 🐘 elephant and the prehistoric era.

Details

Glyph

🦣

Unicode

U+1F9A3

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9a3:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDA3;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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