A small population of just 3,000 people may have caused dwarf hippos and dwarf elephants in the island of Cyprus to become extinct some 14,000 years ago, scientists believe.. The Mediterranean ...

The dwarf hippo weighed around 130kg, and the dwarf elephant came in at just over 500kg. We also know how to translate weights to estimates of population size, longevity, survival and fertility.

Dwarf ‘giants’ Cyprus wasn’t the only Mediterranean island with dwarf wildlife. In fact, ... The dwarf hippo weighed around 130kg, and the dwarf elephant came in at just over 500kg.

Cyprus only had two species of megafauna present during the Late Pleistocene — the 500-kg dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes), and the 130-kg dwarf hippo (Phanourios minor), but both ...

The Mediterranean nation was once home to the 500kg dwarf elephant and the 130kg dwarf hippo but both disappeared within a century after hunter-gatherers arrived, researchers said ...