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The following animals are commonly found in deposits from the last Ice Age (about 2 million to 11,000 years ago) in the southeastern United States, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Follow the links to access resources about each animal.
Giant Ground Sloths Caribou Stag moose
Megalonyx jeffersoni Rangifer tarandus Cervalces scotti
Eremotherium larillardi
Mammuthus primigenius Mammut americanum Bison antiquus
Mammuthus columbi
Dire wolf Giant Beaver Harlan’s Muskox
Canis dirus Castoroides ohioensis Bootherium bombifrons
Endangered Species
Assessing the Causes of Late Pleistocene Extinctions on the Continent - journal article
