Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis
Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis or Elephas mnaidriensis is an extinct species of elephant from Malta and Sicily closely related to the modern Asian elephant, or possibly to the modern African forest elephant. This elephant is a separate species with respect to the European mainland straight-tusked elephant ("Palaeoloxodon antiquus") and not just a smaller insular form. "P. mnaidriensis" has nearly 90% body reduction compared to the ancestral form with an estimated shoulder height of about and a mean body weight of about . Another estimate gives a shoulder height of and a weight of .