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The 40 pages that link to Pleistocene megafauna, each with the reason it gives.

• PleistoceneBroader topic: Their evolution, range shifts, and extinctions track changing Pleistocene environments.

• Great American Biotic InterchangeNarrower topic: Interchange shaped the continental ranges of many Pleistocene giants.

• Quaternary extinction eventBroader topic: These are the animals whose losses define the extinction event.

• Clovis cultureRelated: Clovis sites sometimes associate stone tools with butchered mammoths and other large mammals.

• La Brea Tar PitsNarrower topic: The pits preserve an unusually rich sample of this Ice Age fauna.

• ElephantidaeNarrower topic: Mammoths and other elephantids were prominent members of these faunas.

• Island ruleRelated: Island dwarf forms complicate comparisons between island and mainland megafaunal communities.

• Australian megafaunaNarrower topic: Regional comparisons help distinguish Australian-specific causes from broader extinction patterns.

• GigantismBroader topic: Their size and extinction make them a major record of terrestrial gigantism.

• MegaherbivoreRelated: Their disappearance offers evidence about how ecosystems change when large herbivores are lost.

• Overkill hypothesisBroader topic: These animals are the best-known targets of the proposed human-driven extinction process.

• Saiga antelopeNarrower topic: Saigas persisted through the Pleistocene while many associated large mammals disappeared.

• PronghornRelated: Pronghorns survived the extinction of many large mammals that shared their ancient range.

• California condorRelated: Fossils show condors scavenged the carcasses of North America’s extinct large mammals.

• Dire wolfRelated: Dire wolves were predators in communities that included these animals.

• GlyptodonNarrower topic: Glyptodon was one of South America's conspicuous giant mammals of this period.

• Irish elkRelated: The Irish elk was among Eurasia's conspicuous large Pleistocene mammals.

• MastodonNarrower topic: Mastodons were prominent members of Ice Age megafaunal communities.

• MegatheriumNarrower topic: Megatherium was part of South America's exceptionally large Pleistocene fauna.

• TapirNarrower topic: Fossil tapirs connect living species to a much richer past diversity of large mammals.

• Lyakhovsky IslandsRelated: Mammoth remains in the region preserve evidence of ancient fauna.

• Spear-throwerRelated: Debates about hunting these animals often examine projectile technologies such as spear-throwers.

• StegodonNarrower topic: Some Stegodon species were among the large mammals of Pleistocene ecosystems.

• Weichselian glaciationRelated: Cold steppe habitats around the ice supported characteristic megafaunal communities.

• DeinotheriumRelated: The latest Deinotherium fossils approach the period when many large mammals flourished.

• MuskoxRelated: Muskoxen are among the few large Ice Age mammals that survived into the present.

• Steppe bisonNarrower topic: Steppe bison belonged to the large-bodied animal communities reshaped at the end of the epoch.

• Cave hyenaBroader topic: These animals shared ecosystems with cave hyenas and appear alongside them in fossil deposits.

• Japanese PaleolithicRelated: Animal remains help reconstruct the hunting opportunities and ecological changes faced by foragers.

• Paleo-IndiansRelated: Paleo-Indian communities encountered these animals, though hunting's role in their extinction remains debated.

• Saber-toothed predatorRelated: Their decline overlapped with the extinction of several late saber-toothed predators.

• TeratornithidaeRelated: Several teratornithids shared ecosystems with the continent’s other large Pleistocene animals.

• ElasmotheriumRelated: Elasmotherium is one of the conspicuous large mammals in Eurasian Pleistocene faunas.

• Pluvial lakeRelated: Expanded lakes and wetlands changed habitat and resources for large animals.

• CervalcesNarrower topic: Cervalces was one member of this widespread assemblage.

• Dwarf elephantNarrower topic: The dwarf elephant was an unusually small member of a world dominated by large mammals.

• Maclura pomiferaRelated: The fruit’s size has prompted hypotheses that extinct large mammals once dispersed it.

• Maly Lyakhovsky IslandRelated: Fossils and remains from the region help reconstruct ancient Arctic ecosystems.

• New SiberiaRelated: The archipelago is known for fossil remains of extinct Arctic mammals.

• Older DryasRelated: Rapid late-glacial environmental shifts formed part of the changing habitats faced by these animals.