List of island megafauna

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 †
*Dodo † ("Raphus cucularus")
*Cuban Giant Owl † ("Ornimegalonxy oteroi")
*Flores Giant Rat ("Papagomys armandvillei")
*Galapagos Tortoise ("Geochelone nigra")
*Giant Grosbeak † ("Chloridops regiskongi")
*Giant hutia
*Gigantornis eaglesomi
*Haast's Eagle † ("Harpagornis moorei")
*Javan Rhinoceros ("Rhinoceros sondaicus")
*Komodo Dragon ("Varanus komodoensis")
*Leiolopisma mauritiana
*Madagascan Hippopotamus † ("Hippopotamus madagascariensis")
*Madagascan Dwarf Hippopotamus †("Hippopotamus lemerli")
*Majorcan Giant Dormouse † ("Hypnomys morphaeus")
*Minorcan Giant Dormouse † ("Hypnomys mahonensis")
*Malagasy Crowned Eagle † ("Stephanoaetus mahery")
*Sylviornis † ("Sylviornis neocaledoniae")
*Megaladapis † (extinct giant lemur)
*Moa
*New Zealand Giant Penguin † ("Icadyptes salasi")
*Osteodontornis
*Red-crowned Crane ("Grus japonica")


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