What is Dwarf elephant?
{{Taxobox | name = Dwarf elephants | fossil_range = [[Pleistocene]] | image = Cretanelephant-petermaas.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Skeleton of a [[Crete|Cretan]] Dwarf elephant. | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Proboscidea]]<br /><small>in part</small> }} '''Dwarf elephants''' are prehistoric elephants which lived in the [[Pleistocene]] period. They are an example of [[island dwarfism]]. [[Fossil]] remains of dwarf elephants have been found on the [[Mediterranean]] islands of [[Cyprus]], [[Malta]], [[Crete]], [[Sicily]], [[Sardinia]], the [[Cyclades|Cyclades Islands]] and [[Dodecanese]] islands. Other islands where dwarf elephants have been found are [[Sulawesi]], [[Flores]], [[Timor]] and other islands of the [[Lesser Sundas]] and the [[Channel Islands]] of [[California]]. They are considered to be one of the only [[elephant]] of the Mediterranean islands belonging to the [[mammoth]] line. [[Category:Fossils]] [[Category:Proboscideans]] {{biology-stub}}