Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis
Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis or Elephas mnaidriensis is an extinct species of elephant from Malta and Sicily closely related to the modern Asian elephant. This elephant is a separate species with respect to the European mainland straight-tusked elephant and not just a smaller insular form. P. mnaidriensis has nearly 90% body reduction compared to the ancestral form with an estimated shoulder height of about and a mean body weight of about. Another estimate gives a shoulder height of and a weight of.
