Epoch · Quaternary · 2.58–0.0117 million years ago

Pleistocene Animals & Ice Age Megafauna

Discover Pleistocene megafauna, including mammoths, saber-toothed cats and giant ground sloths, across changing Ice Age habitats.

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Miracinonyx trumani

Long limbs converged on cheetah proportions, but its closest ties were to cougars.

Megalocnus rodens

A bear-sized Caribbean ground sloth survived near the period of human arrival.

Palorchestes azael

A mobile snout, huge claws and strange forelimbs belonged to a marsupial unlike any tapir.

Zygomaturus trilobus

A cow-sized wombat relative carried a broad snout and heavy limbs.

Notiomastodon platensis

A flexible proboscidean crossed many habitats and ate mixed vegetation.

Sinomegaceros yabei

Palmate branching antlers made this East Asian giant deer especially conspicuous.