Post by surroundx on Feb 23, 2015 11:14:41 GMT
A subspecies of the red deer which became extinct during the Late Pleistocene. It was endemic to the Siculo-Maltese Archipelago.
References:
Gliozzi, E., Malatesta, A. and Scalone, E. (1993). Revisionof Cervus elaphus siciliae Pohlig, 1893, late Pleistocene endemic deer of Siculo-Maltese district. Geologica Romano 29: 307-354.
Mangano, Gabriella. (2001). Cervus elaphus siciliae from Pleistocene lacustrine deposits of Acquedolci (north-eastern Sicily, Italy) and its taphonomic significance. Geo. Alp. 2: 61-70.
References:
Gliozzi, E., Malatesta, A. and Scalone, E. (1993). Revisionof Cervus elaphus siciliae Pohlig, 1893, late Pleistocene endemic deer of Siculo-Maltese district. Geologica Romano 29: 307-354.
Mangano, Gabriella. (2001). Cervus elaphus siciliae from Pleistocene lacustrine deposits of Acquedolci (north-eastern Sicily, Italy) and its taphonomic significance. Geo. Alp. 2: 61-70.