User:WolfmanSF/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.

Class Mammalia

• †Archaeoindris fontoynonti (an extinct giant sloth lemur)
• Mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
• Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)
• Babirusa (Babyrousa)
• Banteng (Bos javanicus)
• Borneo Elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis)
• Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
• Bornean Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus euryspilus)
• Cedros Island Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus cerrosensis)
• Corsican Red Deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus)
• Formosan Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor swinhoei)
• Formosan Sika Deer (Cervus nippon taioanus)
• †Giant hutia
• Japanese Serow (Capricornis crispus)
• Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas)
• Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
• Javan Rusa (Rusa timorensis)
• Kodiak Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi)

• †Madagascan Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus madagascariensis)
• †Madagascan Dwarf Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus lemerli)
• †Megaladapis spp. (extinct giant koala lemurs)

The Sumatran Rhinoceros is critically endangered, and is one of the largest extant island megafaunal species.

• Palawan Bearded Pig (Sus ahoenobarbus)
• †Palaeopropithecus ingens and maximus (extinct large sloth lemurs)
• Philippine Warty Pig (Sus philippensis)
• Scottish Red Deer (Cervus elaphus scoticus)
• Sri Lankan Elephant (Elephas maximus maximus)
• Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)
• Sri Lankan Sambar Deer (Rusa unicolor unicolor)
• Sri Lankan Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus)
• Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)
• Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
• Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
• Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)
• Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons)

Class Aves

• †Adzebills (Aptornis spp.)
• †Elephant birds (Aepyornis and Mullerornis spp.)
• †Sylviornis (Sylviornis neocaledoniae)

Aepyornis

• †Moa (Dinornithidae spp.)
• Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)

Class Reptilia

• Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)
• †Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri)
• Galapagos Tortoise (Geochelone nigra)
• Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)

At a maximum length of 3.13 m (10.3 ft) and weight of 166 kg (370 lb), the Komodo dragon is the largest lizard.

• †Mekosuchine Crocodile (Mekosuchus inexpectatus & kolpokasi)
• New Guinea crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguinae)
• Seychelles giant tortoise (Dipsochelys hololissa)

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[[Category:Megafauna|*]] [[Category:Lists of animals]]