List of extinct animals of Europe — The list of extinct animals in Europe features the animals that have become extinct on the European continent and some in other dependent territories of European countries. While most of the animals in the recent Holocene have a human caused… … Wikipedia
Quaternary extinction event — Late Pleistocene landscape of northern Eurasia The Quaternary period saw the extinctions of numerous predominantly larger, especially megafaunal, species, many of which occurred during the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene epoch.… … Wikipedia
Island gigantism — is a biological phenomenon where the size of animals isolated on an island increases dramatically over generations. It is a form of natural selection in which bigger size provides a survival advantage (see Bergmann s Rule). Large size in… … Wikipedia
List of island megafauna — Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) megafauna existing only on islands are listed here.*Archaeoindris fontoynonti † (an extinct giant sloth lemur) *Elephant bird… … Wikipedia
Myotragus balearicus — Taxobox name = Balearic Islands Cave Goat status = Fossil regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia subclassis = Placentalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Bovidae subfamilia = Caprinae genus = Myotragus species = M. balearicus… … Wikipedia
Myotragus — Balearic Islands Cave Goat Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
