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Map of Europe. This is a list of European species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [A] and continues to the present day. [1] This list includes the European continent and its surrounding islands.
Pages in category "Lists of animals of Europe" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... List of European species extinct in the Holocene; A.
Pages in category "Animals described in 1874" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains), whether resident or as regular migrants. Moreover, species occurring in Cyprus, Canary Islands and Azores are listed here.
European wild ass: Equus hydruntinus: Southern Europe and Southwest Asia; Northern Europe (Pleistocene) Hunting and habitat fragmentation after the end of the Last Glacial Period. [97] 1159-790 BC: Dune shearwater: Puffinus holeae: Canary Islands, Spain; mainland Portugal (Pleistocene) Predation by introduced house mice. [98] c. 1050 BC [14 ...
The fauna of Europe is all the animals living in Europe and its surrounding seas and islands. Europe is the western part of the Palearctic realm (which in turn is part of the Holarctic ). Lying within the temperate region , (north of the equator) the wildlife is not as rich as in the hottest regions, but is nevertheless diverse due to the ...
For most of its history, the British Isles were part of the main continent of Eurasia, linked by the region now known as Doggerland.Throughout the Pleistocene the climate alternated between cold glacial periods, including times when the climate was too cold to support much fauna, and temperate interglacials when a much larger fauna was present.
Prehistoric animals of Europe (5 C, 50 P) E. Extinct birds of Europe (21 P) I. Extinct animals of Ireland (3 P) M. Extinct mammals of Europe (1 C, 44 P) R.