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Extinctions in North America were concentrated at the end of the Late Pleistocene, around 13,800–11,400 years Before Present, which were coincident with the onset of the Younger Dryas cooling period, as well as the emergence of the hunter-gatherer Clovis culture. The relative importance of human and climactic factors in the North American ...
Miracinonyx (colloquially known as the "American cheetah") is an extinct genus of felids belonging to the subfamily Felinae that was endemic to North America from the Pleistocene epoch (about 2.5 million to 16,000 years ago) and morphologically similar to the modern cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), although its apparent similar ecological niches have been considered questionable due to anatomical ...
Equus scotti (translated from Latin as Scott's horse, [1] named after vertebrate paleontologist William Berryman Scott) is an extinct species of horse native to Pleistocene North America. [ 2 ] Evolution
Cuvieronius is an extinct New World genus of gomphothere which ranged from southern North America to western South America during the Pleistocene epoch. Reaching a shoulder height of 2.3 metres (7.5 ft) and a body mass of 3.5 tonnes (7,700 lb), it was on average shorter but comparable in body mass to an Asian elephant.
Megalonyx (Greek, "great-claw") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America.It evolved during the Pliocene Epoch and became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene, living from ~5 million to ~13,000 years ago. [3]
Panthera onca augusta is an extinct subspecies of the jaguar that was endemic to North America during the Last Glacial Maximum of the Pleistocene epoch. [ 1 ] History and distribution
The Pleistocene grasslands of North America were the birthplace of the modern horse, and by extension the wild horse. North America already has feral populations of Mustang and Burro. Animals that would serve as predators of these equine species would include lions and wolves. [34]
Camelops is an extinct genus of camel that lived in North and Central America from the middle Pliocene (from around 4-3.2 million years ago) to the end of the Pleistocene (around 13-12,000 years ago).