Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge The mascot name was inspired by a nearly perfect skeletal specimen of a Columbian Mammoth housed at Amherst’s renowned Beneski Museum of Natural History. Learn more about the project Play Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Supporters of the new mammoth moniker liked the fact that the Columbian Mammoth was an herbivore and thought to have been sociable and rather docile in temperament. And the beast looks good in purple. Learn more about the project Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Zoom Enlarge Share: Twitter, LinkedIn, Email