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    descendant of the large mainland species Palaeoloxodon antiquus. It is known from localities across the island. P. chaniensis from Stylos and in Vamos cave, Chania...
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    elephant (left) Cretan elephants Palaeoloxodon chaniensis P. creutzburgi Crete Extinct Cyprus dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon cypriotes Cyprus Extinct (c. 9000...
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    isolation from the mainland made its fauna distinct. Dwarf elephants (Palaeoloxodon chaniensis and P. creutzburgi), the Cretan dwarf hippopotamus (Hippopotamus...
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