5th Millennium BCE
- Circa 4950 BCE - Dactylopsila kambuaya and Petauroides ayamaruensis survived in New Guinea until about this time.
- Circa 4866 BCE - Irish Elk survived in the Urals and western Siberia until this time.
- Circa 4605 BCE - The glyptodont Doedicurus clavicaudatus survived in Argentina until about this time.
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