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Swans and elephants, protective parents no matter the size!
(Cygnus falconeri vs Palaeoloxodon falconeri)
Cygnus falconeri was a giant swan native to the islands of Malta and Sicily. It was around 1/3 bigger than modern mute swans and lived alongside miniature elephants and hippos.
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Illustration by @joschuaknuppe
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#IslandFaunaWeek just started!
Expect tons of content coming from me over the next few days. Prehistoric islands were inhabited by some of the most interesting animals and plants earth has provided us with!
Here Ornimegalonyx, Europasaurs, Cygnus falconeri and Myotragus!
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Check out this crazy 'human' @/valefalconeri https://t.co/8NdbMtoVBs
Sicilian dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon falconeri), a proboscidean from Pleistocene Sicily that reached 1.3 meters in height. #paleoart #elephants
クセノキオン/Xenophon
ドールやリカオンの祖先にあたる狼。最大の個体は85kg程あったらしい。
Canis(xenocyon)africanus
antonii
falconeri
lycanoides
の4亜種が存在していたとされる。
Palaeoloxodon falconeri is a great example of the crazy size disparity that can occur within the same genus. I didn't know this extreme was possible for mammals https://t.co/x52Tj8s0aH #SciArtTweetstorm #proboscidea #paleontology #scientificillustration
Its size is an example of insular dwarfism, whereby lineages become much smaller than "average" when restricted to small habitats like islands. As you can see, I gave P. falconeri a coat of short hair/fur, giving it more of a mammoth-like appearance.