Prehistoric Extinction
- Sri Lanka lion (Sri Lanka, 37,000 years BP)
- Steppe Wisent (north and central Asia, end of last ice age)
- Cave lion, Panthera leo spelaea (Central Asia and Siberia, end of last ice age)
- Giant unicorn Elasmotherium (a species of rhinoceros)
- Woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis (Central Asia and Siberia, end of last ice age)
- Asian sivatherium Sivatherium giganteum (Indian subcontinent and Middle East, Middle Pleistocene)
snow leopard
Read more about this topic: List Of Extinct Animals Of Asia
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