Table 1.

North American mammalian genera that went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene

Genus	Common name	Genus	Common name
Pampatherium	Southern pampathere	Haringtonhippus	Harington’s horse
Holmesina	Northern pampathere	Tapirus	Vero tapir
Glyptotherium	Simpson’s glyptodont	Mylohyus	Long-nosed peccary
Megalonyx	Jefferson’s ground sloth	Platygonus	Flat-headed peccary
Eremotherium	Laurillard’s ground sloth	Camelops	Yesterday’s camel
Nothrotheriops	Shasta ground sloth	Hemiauchenia	Large-headed llama
Paramylodon	Harlan’s ground sloth	Paleolama	Stout-legged llama
Brachyprotoma	Short-faced skunk	Navahoceros	Mountain deer
Cuon	Dhole	Cervalces	Stag-moose
Tremarctos	Florida cave bear	Capromeryx	Diminutive pronghorn
Arctodus	Giant short-faced bear	Tetrameryx	Shuler’s pronghorn
Smilodon	Sabertooth	Stockoceros	Pronghorns
Homotherium	Scimitar cat	Saiga	Saiga
Miracinonyx	American cheetah	Euceratherium	Shrub ox
Castoroides	Giant beaver	Bootherium	Helmeted muskox
Hydrochoerus	Holmes’s capybara	Mixotoxodon	Toxodont
Neochoerus	Pinckney’s capybara	Cuvieronius	Cuvier’s gomphothere
Aztlanolagus	Aztlan rabbit	Mammut	American mastodon
Equus	Horses	Mammuthus	Mammoths