Pleistocene Fauna
The Pleistocene large mammals of Italy were primarily Eurasian immigrants fleeing Extreme cold further North. Typical species are:
- Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus'l '
- European cave lion, Panthera leo spelaea
- European Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus antiquus
- Neanderthal, Homo neanderthalensis
- Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius
- Mammuthus meridionalis
- Straight-tusked Elephant, Elephas (Palaeoloxodon) antiquus
- Woolly Rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis
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