Lier mammoth

The Lier mammoth is the skeleton of a mammoth that was found in 1860 near the Dungelhoeffkazerne in Lier in the Province of Antwerp of Belgium, while digging the diversion canal of the Nete.

[1] Its importance was recognised by a military doctor stationed in Lier, François-Joseph Scohy, and the skeleton was excavated, mounted and in 1869 for the first time shown to the public.

Only the museum of Saint Petersburg was already in possession of a mammoth skeleton.

Today, the skeleton is preserved in the museum of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels.

Since 2018 a 3D printed replica is present at Lier city museum.