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The 40 pages that link to Quaternary extinction event, each with the reason it gives.

• PleistoceneRelated: Its timing raises questions about climate change, human impacts, and their interaction.

• Pleistocene megafaunaRelated: It names the disappearance pattern that affected many megafaunal species.

• Clovis cultureRelated: Clovis-era hunting has been debated as one possible contributor to North American megafaunal decline.

• MegafaunaNarrower topic: It frames the broad pattern of megafaunal disappearance that competing explanations seek to explain.

• La Brea Tar PitsRelated: The site offers evidence for evaluating proposed causes of megafaunal loss.

• ElephantidaeRelated: Many elephantid lineages disappeared during this extinction interval.

• Woolly mammothRelated: Woolly mammoths disappeared during this broader wave of megafaunal extinctions.

• Australian megafaunaNarrower topic: Australian megafaunal losses form one regional part of this wider pattern.

• DiprotodonNarrower topic: Diprotodon’s extinction forms part of this broader pattern.

• DiprotodontiaRelated: The disappearance of giant diprotodontians forms part of this extinction pattern.

• Overkill hypothesisNarrower topic: The overkill hypothesis is a major explanation for this broader extinction pattern.

• SmilodonRelated: Smilodon disappeared during this extinction, whose causes remain debated.

• Pleistocene megafauna extinctionNarrower topic: This broader event frames the megafaunal losses as part of a global extinction pattern.

• Dire wolfRelated: Dire wolves disappeared during this broader loss of Ice Age megafauna.

• Evolution of the horseRelated: Native horse lineages disappeared from the Americas during the late-Pleistocene extinctions.

• GlyptodonRelated: Glyptodon disappeared during the broader late-Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions.

• MachairodontinaeRelated: The last machairodontines disappeared during the broader loss of large mammals.

• Irish elkRelated: The Irish elk's disappearance is part of debates about late-Quaternary megafaunal losses.

• Late Pleistocene extinctionsNarrower topic: This broader extinction pattern includes the Late Pleistocene losses.

• MastodonNarrower topic: Mastodons disappeared as part of this broader megafaunal extinction.

• MegatheriumRelated: Megatherium's disappearance forms part of this broader extinction pattern.

• Polynesian ratRelated: Introduced rats are among the human-associated pressures considered in island extinctions.

• Ground slothRelated: Ground sloths were among the large mammals lost in the Americas.

• StegodonRelated: Some late Stegodon populations disappeared amid broader losses of large mammals.

• Woolly rhinocerosRelated: The species' extinction formed part of this broader wave of megafaunal losses.

• MacraucheniaRelated: Macrauchenia disappeared near the end of the Pleistocene as South American megafauna declined.

• Paleo-IndiansRelated: Its timing overlaps with human expansion and major environmental changes in the Americas.

• Saber-toothed predatorRelated: It frames the disappearance of famous late-surviving saber-toothed mammals.

• ToxodonRelated: Toxodon disappeared during the South American megafaunal extinction.

• Columbian mammothRelated: Columbian mammoths disappeared during this extinction period.

• ElasmotheriumRelated: Elasmotherium's disappearance invites comparison with other lost megafauna, though its timing remains debated.

• MegalonyxRelated: Megalonyx disappeared during the broader late-Pleistocene megafaunal losses.

• RhinocerotoideaRelated: The woolly rhinoceros was among the rhinocerotoids lost during this extinction episode.

• StegodontidaeRelated: The disappearance of late stegodont populations forms part of this broader extinction history.

• CervalcesRelated: The genus's extinction forms part of the broader loss of large mammals.

• Dwarf elephantRelated: The dwarf elephant disappeared amid broader losses of large-bodied island mammals.

• GomphothereRelated: Gomphotheres were among the proboscideans lost during this extinction episode.

• MeiolaniaRelated: Meiolania’s disappearance from islands invites comparison with other late prehistoric extinctions.

• SthenurusNarrower topic: Its disappearance forms part of this wider global extinction pattern.

• Subfossil lemurRelated: The timing and causes of Madagascar's lemur losses contribute to this broader debate.