Natural History » Uncategorized http://www.scarcliff.com/natural-history Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:58:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Pleistocene Megafauna Names http://www.scarcliff.com/natural-history/2009/09/pleistocene-megafauna-names/ http://www.scarcliff.com/natural-history/2009/09/pleistocene-megafauna-names/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:42:43 +0000 Brent http://www.scarcliff.com/natural-history/?p=43 Continue reading →]]> African Pleistocene Megafauna Names

  • Deinotherium bozasi | Hoe Tusker
  • Equus quagga quagga | Quagga
  • Hippotragus leucophaeus | Bluebuck
  • Loxodonta africana pharaoensis | North African Elephant
  • Pelorovis antiquus
  • Sivatherium giganteum | Shiva Giraffe
  • Ursus arctos crowtheri | Atlas Bear
  • Xenocyon lycaonoides | African Wolf

Australian Pleistocene Megafauna Names

  • Aquila audax | Wedge-Tailed Eagle
  • Cygnus atratus | Black Swan
  • Diprotodon optatum
  • Genyornis newtoni
  • Palorchestes azael | Marsupial Tapir
  • Procoptodon goliah | Giant Short-Faced Kanagaroo
  • Thylacinus cynocephalus | Tasmanian Tiger
  • Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis | Tasmanian Emu
  • Varanus priscus | Giant Goanna
  • Wonambi naracoortensis
  • Zygomaturus trilobus

Eurasian Pleistocene Megafauna Names

  • Coelodonta antiquitatis | Wolly Rhinoceros
  • Elasmotherium sibiricum | Giant Rhinoceros
  • Megaloceros giganteus | Irish Elk
  • Panthera leo spelaea | Cave Lion
  • Ursus spelaeus | Cave Bear

Hawai’i Plistocene Megafauna Names

  • Chelychelynechen quassus | Moa Nalo Kaua?i
  • Ptaiochen pau | Moa Nalo Maui
  • Thambetochen xanion | Moa Nalo O?ahu
  • Thambetochen chauliodous | Moa Nalo | Maui Nui

Madagascar Pleistocene Megafauna Names

  • Aepyornis maximus | Elephant Bird | Vorompatra
  • Archaeoindris fontoynonti | Gorilla Lemur

New Zealand Pleistocene Megafauna Names

  • Dinornis robustus | Giant Moa
  • Harpagornis moorei | Haast’s Eagle

North American Pleistocene Megafauna Names

  • Aiolornis incredibilis | Giant Thunder Bird
  • Arctodus simus | Giant Short-Faced Bear
  • Bison antiquus
  • Bison latifrons | Giant Bison
  • Bison occidentalis
  • Bootherium bombifrons | Woodland Musk Ox
  • Camelops
  • Canis dirus | Dire Wolf
  • Castoroides ohioensis | Giant Beaver
  • Cervalces scotti (Stag Moose)
  • Equus scotti | Yukon Horse
  • Equus scotti | American Horse
  • Euceratherium collinum (Shrub Ox)
  • Homotherium serum | Scimitar Cat
  • Mammut americanum |American Mastodon
  • Mammuthus imperator | Imperial Mammoth
  • Mammuthus primigenius | Wooly Mammoth
  • Megalonyx jeffersonii | Giant Ground Sloth
  • Miracinonyx trumani | American Cheetah
  • Panthera leo atrox | American Lion
  • Platygonus | American Peccary
  • Saiga tatarica | Saiga Antelope
  • Smilodon fatalis |Sabre-Toothed Tiger
  • Tapirus californicus | California Tapir
  • Teratornis merriami | Thunder Bird
  • Titanis walleri | Terror Bird

South American American Pleistocene Megafauna Names

  • Coelodonta antiquitatis | Patagonian LitoPtern
  • Smilodon populator | Sabre-Toothed Tiger
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