The following is a list of megafauna discovered by science since the beginning of the 19th century (with their respective date of discovery).

In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals. The precise definition of the term varies widely, though a common threshold is approximately 45 kilograms (99 lb), with other thresholds as low as 10 kilograms (22 lb) or as high as 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb).

Aug 16, 2024 · From enormous land mammals to colossal marine creatures, these modern-day giants are fascinating and awe-inspiring. Their sheer size make them true wonders, and yet many of them are under threat from hunting and packing, habitat …

Apr 29, 2024 · Until the end of the last ice age, American cheetahs, enormous armadillo-like creatures and giant sloths called North America home. But it's long puzzled scientists why these animals and other...

Jun 21, 2021 · Megafauna are the planet’s largest animals. Today the term generally refers to vertebrates: herbivores weighing over 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) and to carnivores weighing over 100 kilograms (220 pounds). The largest terrestrial herbivore on the planet today is the African elephant, an average adult weighing around 5,500 kg (12,000 pounds).

Here we explore an integrative hypothesis that asserts that an underlying cause of Late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions was a fundamental shift in the spatio‐temporal fabric of ecosystems worldwide.

Jan 25, 2016 · In this paper, we review evidence for megafaunal impacts on ecosystem function, on timescales ranging from the Late Pleistocene to the present.

Megafauna are large animals that roamed the Earth during the Pleistocene, 2.5 million to 11,700 years ago. In Australia, megafauna included the huge wombat-shaped Diprotodon and giant …

Jul 10, 2024 · There has been one question that haunts researchers for over 200 years: was megafauna driven to extinction on Earth by human activity or climatic change? A new study seems to finally have the...

May 16, 2018 · We found that, of 76 remaining megafauna species, 22 have wild introduced populations (~29%). Of these, 64% are threatened, extinct, or decreasing in their native range.