Palaeoloxodon falconeri

Palaeoloxodon falconeri Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene 0.5–0.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Mounted skeleton, Nebraska State Museum of Natural History
Scientific 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 Falconer in Busk, 1867 Palaeoloxodon melitensis (Falconer in Busk, 1867)

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