Tumat
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Tumat ({{langx|ru|Тумат}}; {{langx|sah|Тумат}}) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited settlement and the administrative center of Tumatsky National Rural Okrug of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located {{convert|656|km|sp=us}} from Deputatsky, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 533,Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census. [http://sakha.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/sakha/resources/4c22eb804e8ba4699a749f7904886701/01-05.xls Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам] (Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities) {{in lang|ru}} of whom 286 were male and 247 female, down from 577 recorded during the 2002 Census.Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic
Geography
The village is located by the right bank of the Chondon river, a little upstream from its confluence with the Nuchcha. There are numerous lakes near Tumat. Orotko, located to the northeast, is one of the largest.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/r-53_54.jpg|title=R-53_54 Topographic Chart (in Russian)|access-date=24 May 2022}}Google Earth
Fossil specimen found at Tumat
Two canine specimen (wolveshttps://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2025/research/ice-age-puppies-likely-wolf-cubs/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/abs/multifaceted-analysis-reveals-diet-and-kinship-of-late-pleistocene-tumat-puppies/B4DC077D8A6C18FD96F7E8E0D3428A46) preserved in permafrost have been found nearby Tumat:
- Tumat (1, ♀): A female about 3 months, age 12.400–14.400 y, found in 2011.A. J. Haywood: [https://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0386-sibling-of-oldest-mummified-puppy-in-the-world-found-preserved-in-permafrost/ 'Sibling' of oldest mummified puppy in the world found preserved in permafrost – New find in 'perfect condition' just two metres from 2011 discovery of 12,400 year old dog]. In: Siberian trimes. 2 September 2015Amy Woodyatt: [https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/17/europe/woolly-rhino-puppy-intl-scli-scn/index.html A 14,000-year-old puppy, whose perfectly preserved body was found in Russia, munched on a woolly rhino for its last meal]. On: CNN.com. 17 August 2020
Laura Geggel: [https://www.livescience.com/ice-age-puppy-ate-woolly-rhino.html A pup preserved in permafrost ate one of the last woolly rhinos on Earth]. On: LiveScience. 25 August 2020
Nina Pullano: [https://www.inverse.com/science/ancient-puppy-woolly-rhino-discovery Scientist found a mysterious last meal inside the belly of a mummified puppy]. On: inverse.com. 19 August 2020, along with
::* Matthew Hart: [https://nerdist.com/article/researchers-mummified-dog-ate-woolly-rhino-last-meal/ 14,000-Year-Old Dog Ate Woolly Rhino as its Last Meal]. On: nerdist.com Science&Tech. 20 August 2020
- Tumat (2, ♂): A male puppy, age 12.400–14.400 y, found in 2015 nearby the first place, so it is likely that they died at a similar time.
References
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- Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. [http://sakha.gov.ru/node/12552 Ust-Yansky District]. {{in lang|ru}}
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