Palaeoloxodon xylophagou is an extinct dwarf elephant from the island of Cyprus. It is one of the Mediterranean insular dwarf species of the genus Palaeoloxodon, which are almost certainly descended from the European straight-tusked elephant, Palaeoloxodon antiquus. Another dwarf species, P. cypriotes, also lived on Cyprus and grew to only about 1 metre tall as a fully grown adult, an example of insular dwarfism. Like the rest of its genus, it belongs to a lineage that first appeared in Africa in the Early Pleistocene and later spread across Eurasia.
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P. xylophagou (Cyprus)
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1. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Palaeoloxodon xylophagou
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"is_extant": "extinct"
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"diet": "grazer, browser"
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large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk
3. Palaeoloxodon (Wikipedia)
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is an extinct genus of elephant
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P. xylophagou (Cyprus)
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P. xylophagou (Cyprus)
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is an extinct genus of elephant
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