List of Eurasian megafauna

List of Eurasian megafauna

Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) megafauna of Europe and Asia are listed here.

*Andrewsarchus † ("Andrewsarchus mongoliensis")
*Mountain Anoa ("Bubalus quarlesi")
*Lowland Anoa ("Bubalus depressicornis")
*Arabian Ostrich † ("Struthio camelus syriacus")
*Asian Cheetah ("Acinonyx jubatus venaticus")
*Asian Elephant ("Elephas maximus")
*Asiatic Lion ("Panthera leo persica")
*Asiatic Black Bear ("Ursus thibetanus")
*Asian Ostrich † ("Struthio asiaticus")
*Aurochs † ("Bos primigenius")
*Bactrian Camel ("Camelus bactrianus")
*Baiji † ("Lipotes vexilifer")
*Banteng ("Bos javanicus")
*Barbary Sheep ("Ammotragus lervia")
*Bornean Orangutan ("Pongo pygmaeus")
*Brown Bear ("Ursus arctos")
*Bush-antler Deer † ("Eucladoceros boulei")
*Caspian Tiger † ("Panthera tigris virgata")
*Cave Bear † ("Ursus spelaeus")
*Cave Hyena † ("Crocuta spelaea")
*Cave Lion † ("Panthera leo spelaea")
*Chalicotherium
*Dhole ("Cuon alpinus")
*Donkey ("Equus asinus")
*Dromedary Camel ("Camelus dromedarius")
*Dwarf Silican Elephant † ("Elephas falconeri")
*Eurasian cranes of species 7 ("G. japonesis, G. antigone", "G. nigricollis", "G. leucogeranus ", "Grus. vipio ", and "G. monacha" )
*Eurasian wolves of species 7 ("Chinese, Italy, Japanese, Indian, European,)
*Entelodont
*European Jaguar † ("Panthera gombaszoegensis")
*European Hippopotamus † ("Hippopotamus antiquus")
*Gaur ("Bos gaurus")
*Gavial ("Gavialis gangeticus")
*Giant cheetah †("Acinonyx pardinensis")
*Giant Muntjac ("Muntiacus vuquangensis")
*Giant Panda ("Ailuropoda melanoleuca")
*Giant Swan † ("Cygnus falconeri")
*Elasmotherium † ("Elasmotherium sibiricum")
*Gigantopithecus † ("Gigantopithecus blacki")
*Hornbills of Species 4
*Humans ("Homo sapiens")
*Ibex ("Capra ibex")
*Indian Peafowl ("Pavo cristatus")
*Indian Rhinoceros ("Rhinoceros unicornis")
*Indricotherium
*Giant Irish Elk † ("Megaloceros giganteus")
*Japanese Dwarf Elephant † ("Elephas namadicus")
*Javan Rhinoceros ("Rhinoceros sondaicus")
*Kaluga ("Huso dauricus")
*Kiang ("Equus kiang")
*Kouprey ("Bos sauveli")
*Kting Voar ("Pseudonovibos spiralis")
*Libralces † ("Libralces gallicus")
*Steppe mammoth † ("Mammuthus trongotherii")
*Machikane Crocodile † ("Toytamaphimeia machikanensis")
*Southern Mammoth † ("Mammuthus meridionalis")
*Markhor ("Capra falconeri")
*Mekong giant catfish ("Pangasianodon gigas")
*Moose ("Alces alces")
*Mute Swan ("Cygnus olor")
*Nilgai ("Boselaphus tragocamelus")
*Onager ("Equus hemionus")
*Pere David's Deer ("Elaphurus davidianus")
*Wild Boar ("Sus scrofa")
*Polar Bear ("Ursus martimus")
*Przewalski's Horse - Takhi ("Equus ferus przewalski")
*Red Deer ("Cervus elaphus")
*Saltwater Crocodile ("Crocodylus porosus")
*Saiga antelope ("Saiga tatarica")
*Sambar Deer ("Cervus unicolor")
*Sika deer ("Cervus nipal")
*Snow Leopard ("Panthera uncia")
*Sloth Bear ("Melursus ursinus")
*Stegodon
*Steppe Wisent † ("Bison priscus")
*Sumatran Orangutan ("Pongo abelii")
*Sumatran Rhinoceros ("Dicerorhinus sumatrensis")
*Sun Bear ("Helarctos malayanus")
*Syrian Camel
*Syrian Elephant † ("Elephas maximus asurus")
*Takin ("Budorcas taxicolor")
*Tamaraw ("Bubalus mindorensis")
*Tarpan †("Equus ferus ferus")
*Malayan Tapir ("Tapirus indicus")
*Bengal Tiger ("Panthera tigris tigris")
*Siberian Tiger ("Panthera tigris altaica")
*Tibetan antelope ("Pantholops hodgsonii")
*Wild Asian Water Buffalo ("Bubalus bubalis")
*White-lipped Deer ("Cervus albirostris")
*White Stork ("Ciconia ciconia")
*Wisent ("Bison bonasus")
*Woolly Rhinoceros † ("Coelodonta antiquitatis")
*Yak ("Bos grunniens")


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