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Palaeoloxodon cypriotes information


Cyprus dwarf elephant
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–Holocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Palaeoloxodon
Species:
P. cypriotes
Binomial name
Palaeoloxodon cypriotes
(Bate, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Elephas cypriotes Bate 1904

Palaeoloxodon cypriotes is an extinct species of dwarf elephant that inhabited the island of Cyprus during the Late Pleistocene. The species became extinct around 12,000 years ago, around the time humans first colonised Cyprus.

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