page_title: Pleistocene megafauna
hierarchical_section_title: Pleistocene megafauna
caption_attribution_description: English: Woolly mammoths were driven to extinction by climate change and human impacts. The image depicts a late Pleistocene landscape in northern Spain with woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), equids, a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis), and European cave lions (Panthera leo spelaea) with a reindeer carcass. (Information according to the caption of the same image in Alan Turner (2004) National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals, Washington, D.C.&#58; &#32;National Geographic ISBN&#160;9780792271345, ISBN&#160;9780792269977). Español: Fauna de la Edad del Hielo por Mauricio Antón, 2008.
context_page_description: Pleistocene megafauna is the set of large animals that lived on Earth during the Pleistocene epoch and became extinct during the Quaternary extinction event. Megafauna are any animals with an adult body weight of over 44 kilograms.
context_section_description: Pleistocene megafauna is the set of large animals that lived on Earth during the Pleistocene epoch and became extinct during the Quaternary extinction event. Megafauna are any animals with an adult body weight of over 44 kilograms (97 lb).
caption: Recreation of a scene in late Pleistocene northern Spain, by Mauricio Antón
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