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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