The molars and various bones can be used to distinguish the several mammoth species from each other. A low jaw with molars with only a few lamellae and thick tooth enamel can be attributed to the southern mammoth from the beginning of the glacial period. This mammoth species lived in a savannah-like area: grasslands interspersed with clusters of trees and patches of forest with subtropical to tropical temperatures. this mammoth was indeed a leaf eater and its molars were suitable for grinding such food. By the end of the Pleistocene, the savannas were long gone and were replaced by the treeless and arid mammoth steppe where the woolly mammoth grazed. We can deduce this from their high-crowned molars and high jaws. Their molars have many thin plates or lamellae and very thin enamel, suitable for crushing hard food, such as the tough grasses.