Stegodon sumbaensis Sartono, 1979

Sumba stegodon

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution & Habitat

Sumba, Lesser Sunda Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Sartono, S. (1979). The discovery of a pygmy Stegodon from Sumba, East Indonesia: an announcement. Mod. Quat. Res. SE Asia 5: 57-63.

Other references:

Jackson, Stephen M., Travouillon, Kenny J., Beck, Robin, M. D., Archer, Michael, Hand, Suzanne J., Helgen, Kristofer M., Fitzgerald, Erich M. G. and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). An annotated checklist of Australasian fossil mammals. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 48(4): 548-746. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2024.2434062

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

Turvey, Samuel T. et al. (2017). Quaternary vertebrate faunas from Sumba, Indonesia: implications for Wallacean biogeography and evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1861): 20171278.

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