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Kolpochoerus limnetes the Savannah shovel pig, perhaps the best-known species of the genus , It was a common representative in the plio-pleistocene localities of eastern Africa , other species ranged to northern and Southern Africa and even Palestine
▲ 110 r/pleistocene

Kolpochoerus limnetes the Savannah shovel pig, perhaps the best-known species of the genus , It was a common representative in the plio-pleistocene localities of eastern Africa , other species ranged to northern and Southern Africa and even Palestine

It was one of the many giant Suidae of the Pleistocene of Africa ( I could not find a reliable formal estimate of size) it is believed that adults had some immunity to predation.

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u/Foreign_Pop_4092 — 1 day ago
▲ 182 r/pleistocene

Hexaprotodon sivalensis the Asian hippopotamus; It inhabited much of Southern Asia mainly from the Indian subcontinent up to Java, Indonesia , from the pliocene to the late pleistocene in some populations.

By me

u/Foreign_Pop_4092 — 3 days ago
▲ 54 r/megafaunarewilding

A white-tailed deer doe, I've seen at least 4 individuals including this one, it looks healthy , Dry deciduous forest of Sinaloa, Mexico (pic by me )

This is the largest native ungulate we have in the entire state.

Here we also have jaguars, peccaries, coyotes, pumas, ocelots, etc.

u/Foreign_Pop_4092 — 5 days ago
▲ 222 r/pleistocene

Ancylotherium hennigi or the Myapundan, was the last african Chalicothere , habited east África appearing in the middle Pliocene and persisting in Ethiopia until about 774,000 years BP ( by me )

This was one of the last members of its family, only surpassed by the genus Hesperotherium/Nestoritherium from Asia.

u/Foreign_Pop_4092 — 5 days ago
▲ 150 r/pleistocene

His close cousin Palaeolama major from South america likely survived until 3,500 ~ years B.P

( Made by me)

u/Foreign_Pop_4092 — 7 days ago