Palaeoloxodon falconeri

Palaeoloxodon falconeri
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene 0.5–0.2 Ma
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Mounted skeleton, Nebraska State Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: †Palaeoloxodon
Species:
†P. falconeri
Binomial name
†Palaeoloxodon falconeri
(Busk, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Elephas falconeri Busk, 1867
  • Elephas melitensis
  • Palaeoloxodon melitensis

Palaeoloxodon falconeri is an extinct species of dwarf elephant from the Middle Pleistocene (around 500–200,000 years ago) of Sicily and Malta. It is amongst the smallest of all dwarf elephants at under 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height. A member of the genus Palaeoloxodon, it derived from a population of the mainland European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).