List of North American megafauna

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Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). This list includes extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) native North American (north of Mexico) species with a body mass of 40 kg or greater, the minimal mass to be considered megafaunal.[1] Other definitions of megafaunal place use a higher threshold mass, up to 250 kg.[2] Some species listed here do not qualify as megafaunal if a higher threshold is used. Maximum published mass (or estimated mass for extinct species) is provided where possible.

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[edit] Class Mammalia

Drawing of a mastodon skeleton by Rembrandt Peale
Drawing of a mastodon skeleton by Rembrandt Peale

[edit] Class Aves

[edit] Class Sauropsida

[edit] Class Actinopterygii

[edit] References

  1. ^ Defense of the Earth. Past consequences of climate change: Evolutionary history of the mammals.
  2. ^ Choquenot, D., & Bowman, D. M. J. S. (1998). Marsupial Megafauna, Aborigines and the Overkill Hypothesis: Application of Predator-Prey Models to the Question of Pleistocene Extinction in Australia. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 7 (3): 167-180.
  3. ^ "Atractosteus spatula". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  4. ^ "Polyodon spathula". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  5. ^ oxyrinchus "Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  6. ^ "Ictalurus furcatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  7. ^ "Pylodictis olivaris". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  8. ^ "Acipenser medirostris". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  9. ^ "Acipenser fulvescens". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  10. ^ "Scaphirhynchus albus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  11. ^ "Acipenser transmontanus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.

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