megafauna in English

noun
1
the large mammals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
A visitor to America's Yellowstone National Park is sure to spot some of the large mammals, or megafauna , for which the region is justly famous.

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1. What megafauna, you say?

2. Common examples of Charismatic megafauna include lions, tigers, gorillas, giant pandas and elephants

3. The major components of the megafauna are brittle stars bathyally, large scavenging fish and amphipods Abyssally, and amphipods hadally.

4. Along with most of the Pleistocene megafauna, Smilodon became extinct 10,000 years ago in the Quaternary extinction event.

5. Another charismatic megafauna species that I worked with is the story I did on the right whale.

6. The major components of the megafauna are brittle stars bathyally, large scavenging fish and amphipods Abyssally, and amphipods hadally

7. By 10,000 years ago, Homo sapiens had conquered North and South America at a time that Coincided with major megafauna extinctions, including those of the giant sloth and the glyptodon.

8. Based on these new maps, the team of researchers was able to estimate the regions where humans and megafauna Coexisted (for example, New South Wales and north of South Australia), and where they