Tumat (; ) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited settlement and the

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Tumatsky National Rural Okrug Tumat (; ) 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 from Deputatsky, the administrative center ...

Ust-Yansky District Ust-Yansky District (; , ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic in ...

in the

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, located from Deputatsky, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 533,Sakha Republic Territorial Branch of the

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. Results of the 2010 All-Russian Census
Численность населения по районам, городским и сельским населённым пунктам
(''Population Counts by Districts, Urban and Rural Inhabited Localities'') 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 The Chondon (; ) is a river in Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The Chondon mammoth was discovered in 2013 in the Chondon basin, at the feet of the Polousny Range, 66 km south-west of ...

river, a little upstream from its confluence with the

Nuchcha The Nuchcha or Nuuchcha (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the longest tributary of the Chondon. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Nuchcha flows north of the Arctic Circle, across desolate ...

. There are numerous lakes near Tumat.

Orotko Orotko (; ) is a freshwater lake in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. Orotko is one of the largest lakes in the Ust-Yansky District. The nearest inhabited place is Tumat, located about to the southeast. Like most bodies of water in the regio ...

, located to the northeast, is one of the largest.

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Fossil specimen found at Tumat

Two canine specimen (wolves) 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
'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

On: CNN.com. 17 August 2020 Laura Geggel: ttps://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
Scientist found a mysterious last meal inside the belly of a mummified puppy
On: inverse.com. 19 August 2020, along with ::* Matthew Hart
14,000-Year-Old Dog Ate Woolly Rhino as its Last Meal
On: nerdist.com Science&Tech. 20 August 2020 * ''Tumat'' (2, ♂): A male

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, age 12.400–14.400 y, found in 2015 nearby the first place, so it is likely that they died at a similar time.

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Sources

*Official website of the Sakha Republic. ''Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic''
Ust-Yansky District
* Rural localities in Ust-Yansky District Chondon basin {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub