Table 1.

Continental patterns of taxonomic and functional diversity within Late Pleistocene and contemporary carnivore guilds. (Taxonomic and functional diversity were quantified by the modified Shannon index calculated on the number of species within taxonomic families and functional groups, respectively, and taxonomic and functional integrity was calculated by normalizing the present guild in relation to the Pleistocene guild.)

taxonomic diversity
	Pleistocene guild		present guild
	species	taxonomic diversity $(M_0^{\prime })$	species	taxonomic diversity (M′)	taxonomic integrity $({M^{\prime }}_n)$	extinct species (%)	threatened species (%)
Africa	18	1.54	16	1.37	0.89	11	25
Asia	25	1.59	22	1.50	0.95	12	64
Europe	14	1.44	8	1.11	0.77	43	25
North America	20	1.19	11	0.73	0.61	45	27
South America	12	1.07	4	0.71	0.66	67	25

functional diversity
	Pleistocene guild		present guild
	groups	functional diversity $({M^{\prime }}_0)$	groups	functional diversity (M′)	functional integrity $({M^{\prime }}_n)$	extinct groups (%)	threatened groups (%)
Africa	6	1.68	5	1.45	0.89	17	20
Asia	6	1.39	5	1.18	0.85	17	0
Europe	6	1.49	4	1.01	0.68	33	0
North America	5	1.38	4	1.02	0.74	20	0
South America	5	1.47	3	0.71	0.48	40	33