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What were mammoths predators?

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Even the smallest predators would approach a severely wounded mammoth, e.g. ants or Flesh flys. Most probably mammoths were not chased very much, as long as there was easy prey around like reindeer. read more

Adult mammoths only had one natural predator, the saber toothed cat. Unprotected mammoth calves could have been hunted by many large predators, such as cave hyenas, flat faced bears, American lions, saber toothed cats, and Dire wolves, to name a few. Prehistoric humans also hunted mammoths, including adults. read more

Answer Wiki. Possibly the biggest mammoth predator were early humans. Other than that the old, weak or very young mammoths were preyed upon by large cats such as the Sabertooth, the European leopard Panthera pardus spelaea, European and American lions, Dire and Beringian wolves, Shortfaced bears and Cave hyenas. read more

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