Insular Dwarfism - Additional Examples

Additional Examples

Carnivora

• Bali tiger †
• Channel Island fox in California, United States, and the enigmatic, nearly extinct Cozumel fox
• Cozumel raccoon
• Honshū wolf † in Japan
• Sardinian dhole †
• Zanzibar leopard, possibly extinct

Ungulates

• Key deer of the Florida Keys
• Extinct red deer populations in Jersey
• Philippine sambar
• Candiacervus ropalophorus †, Crete
• Cervus astylodon †, Ryukyu Islands of Japan
• Hoplitomeryx †, the Gargano promontory (the former Gargano Island) of South Italy
• Philippine water buffalo, tamaraw, anoa, the extinct Bubalus cebuensis † and other dwarf bovids from Southeast Asia
• The strange, tiny Balearic Islands cave goat (Myotragus balearicus) † in Majorca and Minorca and its close relative Nesogoral †, from Sardinia which became extinct after human settlement
• Several extinct species of dwarf hippopotamus from the Pleistocene of Mediterranean islands (such as Hippopotamus minor) † and Madagascar

Birds

• King Island emu and Kangaroo Island emu, both extinct

Lizards

• Brookesia micra, a less than 3.0 cm long chameleon from the islet of Nosy Hara off the northern tip of Madagascar, one of the "smallest amniote vertebrates in the world"

Snakes

• Tiger snakes of Roxby Island, South Australia
• Reticulated pythons of Tanahjampea island (P. r. jampeanus), between Sulawesi and Flores in Indonesia