Irish elk
Several large Palearctic animals became extinct from the end of the Pleistocene into historic times, including Irish elk ("Megaloceros giganteus"), aurochs ("Bos primigenius"), woolly rhinoceros ("Coelodonta antiquitatis"), woolly mammoth ("Mammuthus primigenius"), North African elephant ("Loxodonta africana pharaoensis"), Chinese elephant ("Elephas maximus rubridens"), cave bear ("Ursus spelaeus"), and European lion ("Panthera leo europaea").