Lyuba (mammoth)

Lyuba
Common nameLyuba
SpeciesWoolly Mammoth
Agec. 42,000 years (aged c. 1 month)
Place discoveredYamalo-Nenets, Russia
Date discoveredMay 2007
Discovered byYuri Khudi

Lyuba (Russian: Люба) is a female woolly mammoth calf (Mammuthus primigenius) who died c. 42,000 years ago at the age of 30 to 35 days. She was formerly the best preserved mammoth mummy in the world (the distinction is now held by Yuka), surpassing Dima, a male mammoth calf mummy which had previously been the best known specimen.