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Dwarf Elephant describes a collection of prehistoric elephant species of the order Proboscidea. Their small size was the product of insular dwarfism due to colonizing the Mediterranean islands. Most species died out approximately 11,000 years ago.

Dwarf Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dwarf elephants are prehistoric members of the order Proboscidea which, through the process of allopatric speciation on islands, evolved much smaller body sizes (around 1.5-2.3 metres) in comparison with their immediate ancestors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_elephant
Melitensia: Dwarf Elephants are Adorable!

I've plunged into Maltese prehistory for no better reason than I think dwarf elephants are adorable. Never mind they've been dead for thousands of years.
http://melitensia.blogspot.com/2012/03/dwarf-elephants-are-adorable.html
Of Dragons and Diminutive Elephants - Wired

Komodo dragons evolved to huge sizes because of their appetite for pygmy elephants -- or so goes one popular evolutionary tale. Laelaps paleontology blogger Brian Switek describes recent fossil evidence that questions the elephant vs. dragon story.
http://www.wired.com/2012/08/of-dragon-diets-and-diminutive-elephants
Dwarf Elephants - The Naked Scientists

There's an awful lot that scientists can learn about the past from fossils but one particular extinct species is proving a tough nut to crack. Dwarf elephants last roamed the Earth more than 10,000 years ago. About a metre tall fully grown, they are even considered by some to be responsible for the legend of the one eyed cyclops.
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/interviews/interview/2024/
"Extinct" Pygmy Elephants Found Living on Borneo

A gift exchange between Asian rulers several centuries ago may have inadvertently saved a population of elephants from extinction, according to a new study
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080423-pygmy-elephants.html
Dwarf Elephant - About

The pint-sized Dwarf Elephant went extinct shortly after the last Ice Age.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/Dwarf-Elephant.htm
Dwarf Elephant - Elephants Forever

The Dwarf Elephant is an extinct species, not to be confused with the Pygmy Elephant. This species lived in the Pleistocene period, which is the period that extended from 1.8 million to 10 000 years before our present.
http://www.elephantsforever.co.za/dwarf-elephants.html
Palaeoloxodon falconeri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Palaeoloxodon falconeri (also known as Elephas falconeri, or more commonly as the Pygmy Elephant) is an extinct Siculo-Maltese species of elephant closely related to the modern Asian elephant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoloxodon_falconeri
Cyprus Dwarf Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Cyprus dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes) is an extinct species of elephant related to the living Asian elephant. It was among the only mammals on Cyprus before human arrived, and it is thought the Cyprus dwarf elephant came during the last Ice Age.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_dwarf_elephant
Cranial Evidence for the Presence of a Second Endemic Elephant Species on Cyprus

Cyprus, the largest Eastern Mediterranean island, hosted a highly impoverished endemic mammalian fauna during the Pleistocene to early Holocene times. This was a result of its extreme biogeographic isolation since its formation, which prevented the immigration of most terrestrial mammals, except for those with apparent sea channel crossing abilities.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215005856

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Dwarf Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dwarf elephants are prehistoric members of the order Proboscidea which, through the process of allopatric speciation on islands, evolved much smaller body sizes (around 1.5-2.3 metres) in comparison with their immediate ancestors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_elephant
Melitensia: Dwarf Elephants are Adorable!

I've plunged into Maltese prehistory for no better reason than I think dwarf elephants are adorable. Never mind they've been dead for thousands of years.
http://melitensia.blogspot.com/2012/03/dwarf-elephants-are-adorable.html
Of Dragons and Diminutive Elephants - Wired

Komodo dragons evolved to huge sizes because of their appetite for pygmy elephants -- or so goes one popular evolutionary tale. Laelaps paleontology blogger Brian Switek describes recent fossil evidence that questions the elephant vs. dragon story.
http://www.wired.com/2012/08/of-dragon-diets-and-diminutive-elephants
Dwarf Elephants - The Naked Scientists

There's an awful lot that scientists can learn about the past from fossils but one particular extinct species is proving a tough nut to crack. Dwarf elephants last roamed the Earth more than 10,000 years ago. About a metre tall fully grown, they are even considered by some to be responsible for the legend of the one eyed cyclops.
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/interviews/interview/2024/
"Extinct" Pygmy Elephants Found Living on Borneo

A gift exchange between Asian rulers several centuries ago may have inadvertently saved a population of elephants from extinction, according to a new study
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080423-pygmy-elephants.html
Dwarf Elephant - About

The pint-sized Dwarf Elephant went extinct shortly after the last Ice Age.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/Dwarf-Elephant.htm
Dwarf Elephant - Elephants Forever

The Dwarf Elephant is an extinct species, not to be confused with the Pygmy Elephant. This species lived in the Pleistocene period, which is the period that extended from 1.8 million to 10 000 years before our present.
http://www.elephantsforever.co.za/dwarf-elephants.html
Palaeoloxodon falconeri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Palaeoloxodon falconeri (also known as Elephas falconeri, or more commonly as the Pygmy Elephant) is an extinct Siculo-Maltese species of elephant closely related to the modern Asian elephant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoloxodon_falconeri
Cyprus Dwarf Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Cyprus dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes) is an extinct species of elephant related to the living Asian elephant. It was among the only mammals on Cyprus before human arrived, and it is thought the Cyprus dwarf elephant came during the last Ice Age.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_dwarf_elephant
Cranial Evidence for the Presence of a Second Endemic Elephant Species on Cyprus

Cyprus, the largest Eastern Mediterranean island, hosted a highly impoverished endemic mammalian fauna during the Pleistocene to early Holocene times. This was a result of its extreme biogeographic isolation since its formation, which prevented the immigration of most terrestrial mammals, except for those with apparent sea channel crossing abilities.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215005856

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Dwarf Elephants

Dwarf Elephant describes a collection of prehistoric elephant species of the order Proboscidea. Their small size was the product of insular dwarfism due to colonizing the Mediterranean islands. Most species died out approximately 11,000 years ago.

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