Stegodon sumbaensis Sartono, 1979
Sumba stegodon
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
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:
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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