Editing Pygmy mammoth (section)

== Distribution ==
[[File:Californian Channel Islands map en.png|left|thumb|Northern Channel Islands which ''M. exilis'' inhabited shown in dark green, with maximum extent of Santa Rosae shown in light blue surrounding the islands]]
Remains of ''M. exilis'' have been discovered on three of the northern Channel Islands of California: [[Santa Cruz Island|Santa Cruz]], [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa]], and [[San Miguel Island|San Miguel]], which together with [[Anacapa Island|Anacapa]] were the highest portions of the now mostly submerged superisland of [[Santa Rosae]] which existed during times of lowered sea level.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Muhs |first1=Daniel R. |last2=Simmons |first2=Kathleen R. |last3=Groves |first3=Lindsey T. |last4=McGeehin |first4=John P. |last5=Randall Schumann |first5=R. |last6=Agenbroad |first6=Larry D. |date=May 2015 |title=Late Quaternary sea-level history and the antiquity of mammoths ( Mammuthus exilis and Mammuthus columbi ), Channel Islands National Park, California, USA |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S003358940000096X/type/journal_article |journal=Quaternary Research |language=en |volume=83 |issue=3 |pages=502–521 |bibcode=2015QuRes..83..502M |doi=10.1016/j.yqres.2015.03.001 |issn=0033-5894|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The area of the combined island has been estimated at {{Convert|2200|km2}},<ref name=":3" /> though the area of the island fluctuated as a result of glacial cycles.<ref name=":0" />