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The following is a list of megafauna discovered by science since the beginning of the 19th century (with their respective date of discovery). Some of these may have been known to native peoples or reported anecdotally but had not been generally acknowledged as confirmed by the scientific world, until conclusive evidence was obtained for formal studies. In other cases, certain animals were initially considered hoaxes - similar to the initial reception of mounted specimens of the duck-billed platypus ''Ornithorhynchus anatinus'' 〔(Duckbilled Platypus ) ''Museum of Hoaxes''.〕 in late 18th-century Europe. The definition of megafauna varies, but this list includes some of the more notable examples. ==Megafauna believed extinct, but rediscovered== * Coelacanth (''Latimeria chalumnae''), 1938 * Chacoan peccary (''Catagonus wagneri''), 1975〔Wetzel, R. M., Dubos, R. E., Martin, R. L. & Myers, P. (1975). "''Catagonus'', an 'extinct' peccary alive in Paraguay." ''Science'' 189, 379-381.〕 * Burchell's zebra (''Equus quagga burchellii''), 2004〔Groves, C.P. & Bell, H.B. 2004. New investigations on the taxonomy of the zebras genus Equus, subgenus Hippotigris. Mammalian Biology. 69: 182-196.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of megafauna discovered in modern times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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