Editing Dwarf elephant (section)

===Flores===
[[File:Dwarf stegodon size comparison.svg|thumb|300x300px|Size comparison of dwarf Flores ''Stegodon'' species compared to a human]]
During the late Early Pleistocene, Flores was inhabited by the dwarf species ''Stegodon sondaarii'', around 15% of the size of mainland ''Stegodon'' species, which was around {{convert|120|cm|ft||abbr=on}} tall at the shoulder and weighed about {{Convert|350-400|kg|lb}}. This species became extinct around 1 million years ago,<ref name="proboscideans">{{Cite journal |last1=Larramendi |first1=A. |year=2016 |title=Shoulder height, body mass and shape of proboscideans |url=https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app61/app001362014.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=61 |doi=10.4202/app.00136.2014 |s2cid=2092950}}</ref><ref name="van den Bergh-2022" /><ref name="Geer-2016" /> being replaced by ''Stegodon florensis. Stegodon florensis'' shows a progressive size reduction with time, with the earlier Middle Pleistocene subspecies ''Stegodon florensis florensis'' estimated to be around 50% the size of mainland ''Stegodon'' species with a shoulder height of around {{convert|190|cm|ft||abbr=on}} and a body mass of around 1.7 tons, while the later ''Stegodon florensis insularis'' from the Late Pleistocene is estimated to be around 17% the size of mainland ''Stegodon'' species, with a shoulder height of around {{convert|130|cm|ft||abbr=on}}, and a body mass of about {{Convert|570|kg|lb}}<ref name="Geer-2016" /><ref>Puspaningrum, Mika; Van Den Bergh, Gerrit; Chivas, Allan; Setiabudi, Erick; Kurniawan, Iwan; Brumm, Adam; and Sutikna, Thomas, "[https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers/2035 Preliminary results of dietary and environmental reconstructions of Early to Middle Pleistocene Stegodons from the So'a Basin of Flores, Indonesia, based on enamel stable isotope records]" (2014). Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A. 2035.</ref> ''Stegodon florensis'' became extinct about 50,000 years ago, around the time of the arrival of modern humans to Flores.<ref name="van den Bergh-2022">{{Cite journal |last1=van den Bergh |first1=Gerrit D. |last2=Alloway |first2=Brent V. |last3=Storey |first3=Michael |last4=Setiawan |first4=Ruly |last5=Yurnaldi |first5=Dida |last6=Kurniawan |first6=Iwan |last7=Moore |first7=Mark W. |last8=Jatmiko |last9=Brumm |first9=Adam |last10=Flude |first10=Stephanie |last11=Sutikna |first11=Thomas |last12=Setiyabudi |first12=Erick |last13=Prasetyo |first13=Unggul W. |last14=Puspaningrum |first14=Mika R. |last15=Yoga |first15=Ifan |date=October 2022 |title=An integrative geochronological framework for the Pleistocene So'a basin (Flores, Indonesia), and its implications for faunal turnover and hominin arrival |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379122003523 |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |language=en |volume=294 |pages=107721 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107721|hdl=10072/418777 |s2cid=252290750 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>