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RaptorGorilla — Palaeoloxodon antiquus
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Description
Palaeoloxodon antiquus, the Eurasian straight-tusked elephant, is a species of large elephantid proboscidean that lived throughout Eurasia during the middle and late Pleistocene, between 780 and 30 Ka (Davies, 2002).
P. antiquus was around 4 m tall and 10-15 tonnes in mass.
Disappearance might be due to climate becoming colder and hunting by humans.
Sources:
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/…
It is closely related to Loxodonta cyclotis.
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Thank you! Probably my favourite proboscidean. I love this massive aspect, this peculiar skull crest and these long tusks!
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