Elephas Falconeri

Palaeoloxodon falconeri (also known as Elephas falconeri, or more commonly as the Pygmy Elephant) is an extinct Siculo-Maltese species of elephant closely related to the modern Asian elephant. In 1867, George Busk had proposed the species Elephas falconeri for many of the smallest molars selected from the material originally ascribed by Hugh Falconer to Palaeoloxodon melitensis. This island-bound elephant was an example of insular dwarfism, reaching only 90 cm (3 ft) in height. P. falconeri's ancestors most likely reached the Mediterranean islands it was found on during lowered sea levels of the ice age.