Late Pleistocene Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis) remains from the Hang Thung Binh 1 archaeological cave site in the Tràng A World Heritage Area, Ninh Binh, Northern Vietnam.
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What lived in Australia over 30,000 years ago, had two heads (at least) and could reach foliage up to five meters high? Why, the symbiotic Procoptodon goliah/Macropus ferragus duo, of course. Art by HodariNundu.
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“Waking up and seeing sleeping giants” by Ha1der_jaffri (@HJ_arts02). A post-hibernation Nothrotheriops shastensis emerging out of a cave encounters a mother Eremotherium laurillardi and her calf. Florida circa 20,000 years ago.
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Here’s a video I took in Arba Minch Ethiopia in 2023 of some Fan-tailed Ravens (Corvus rhipidurus) I saw. They were both fun and fascinating to watch. Even more so than my local American Crows (they were also pretty big).
A community dedicated to the discussion of crows, and the dissemination of information regarding crows.
A comparison of the lower third molar fragment of a Forest Hog (Hylochoerus sp.) from the Late Pleistocene of Rusinga Island, western Kenya compared to the lower third molar belonging to that of the still extant Giant Forest Hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni).
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Somewhere in Late Pleistocene North America, a Dire Wolf (Aenocyon dirus) passes by a herd of North American Giant Bison (Bos/Bison latifrons) and a Shrub Ox (Euceratherium collinum). Art by LiuiGiii.
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A new, nearly complete carapace belonging to the extinct Tortoise Chelonoidis petrocellii from Glew City, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. It dates to the middle Pleistocene. The species was first described in 2021 from much less complete remains.
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In 2023, I came across a little known marsupial species of the genus Dactylopsila that was described from sub fossils from the Arfak Mountains of Western New Guinea (story continues below in the body text) while exploring extinct species from Papua New Guinea. Its known as Dactylopsila kambuayai.
A place for the discussion of Cryptozoology, the study of animals that science doesn't recognize.
Cranial material of two different Fox species from the Late Pleistocene of Niedźwiedzia Cave Silesia, southwest Poland. A, B, C, and D belong to Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and E, F, G, H, and I belong to Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus).
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