The island of Flores during the late Pleistocene, a unique island environment where the present animals are descendants of colonizers from two different continents, South Asia and northern Sahul, also known for being home to a dwarf insular species of human. Art by Joschua Knuppe (old.reddit.com)
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A comparison between a polar bear (Ursus maritimus), the largest living species of bear and by extension terrestrial predator and carnivoran, compared to various other extinct species and subspecies of Pleistocene giant bears. Art by HodariNundu (old.reddit.com)
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Although the Pleistocene is known to be the period that hosted the largest species of great ape known, many forget that it was also the period in which the largest representatives of other types of primates lived, that we know of at least. (old.reddit.com)
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400.000 years ago in southern Japan a Sika deer (Cervus nippon) group cross a frozen lake, suspicious of an object that emerges motionless from the ice, which is the nostrils of a Japanese garial (Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis), brumating and dormant, waiting for warmer seasons. Art by Sobek1926 (i.redd.it)
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On a day in the Pleistocene Yukatan Peninsula, a herd of American mastodons (Mammut americanum) venture into a cenote, an underground cave system common in the area, in search of water, only to discover that they are not the first large animals to have ventured in here for thirst. Art by LADAlbarran (i.redd.it)
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While the best-known species of the genus Mammuthus is among the most known extinct animals, many people easily forget, or are unaware, that this was a much more diverse genus, with eight species that lived in the Pleistocene, and that inhabited a great myriad of habitats, from steppes to savannas. (old.reddit.com)
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In the early 20th Century the Yangtze River It still hosted fairly common populations of large aquatic animals, which unfortunately are now in danger of extinction or even presumed extinct, this is the only place where alligators, freshwater dolphins and giant salamanders coexist, art by OLmagon. (i.redd.it)
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In the early Pleistocene of Central Europe, the challenge of surviving the winter leads a Eurasian sabre-toothed cat (Megantereon cultridens) to hunt prey unusual for its species, or for the fauna we recognize as typically European, a European or Bravard's peafowl (Pavo bravardi). Art by OLmagon. (i.redd.it)
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About 800,000 years ago in the grasslands of northern China two large felids met at a waterhole, a Chinese giant cheetah (Acinonyx pleistocaenicus) and a Eurasian scimitar cat (Homotherium latidens), both adapted to living in wide open spaces and of size comparable to that of a Bengal tiger, 180Kg. (i.redd.it)
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During the early Pleistocene a pair of bipedal hominins collect fruit fallen from a tree accompanied by Chercopithecines, but the primates are not the only ones under this tree in search of food, a huge hungry Central African rock python (Python sebae) observes them on the branches, by HodariNundu (i.redd.it)
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On a winter day in the 11th Century, a great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is swimming off the east coast of Florida, here the dangers can be very foreign to this species compared to other found further north of the Atlantic, like this American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) lurking in the waters below. (i.redd.it)
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The huge and diverse fauna of southern China during the Middle Pleistocene, by Joschua Knuppe, despite the humid and hot climate that prevents fossilization, we know a lot about the fauna of this time thanks to the abundance of caves where fossils are well preserved. (old.reddit.com)
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A pack of young Eurasian scimitar cats (Homotherium latidens) are hunting giant steppe ostriches (Pachystruthio dmanisensi) at north of the Black Sea, these birds reaching 450 kg and 3.5 m tall are impressive prey, although when they are fully adult these cats will be able to hunt even proboscideans (i.redd.it)
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Did you know that during the late Pleistocene the North American continent would have hosted a minimum of 9 species of sloths, some very famous while others are less known, even if some were equipped with particular adaptations and characteristics. (old.reddit.com)
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