Editing Dwarf elephant (section)

=== Luzon ===
On [[Luzon]] the dwarf ''Stegodon luzonensis'' is known from remains found in the Manila Basin of an uncertain Pleistocene age,<ref>von Koenigswald GHR. 1956. Fossil mammals from the Philippines. Quezon City: National Research Council of the Philippines, 1–14</ref> as well as remains found near the early Middle Pleistocene ''[[Nesorhinus]]'' butchery site dating to around 700,000 years ago.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ingicco |first1=T. |last2=van den Bergh |first2=G. D. |last3=Jago-on |first3=C. |last4=Bahain |first4=J.-J. |last5=Chacón |first5=M. G. |last6=Amano |first6=N. |last7=Forestier |first7=H. |last8=King |first8=C. |last9=Manalo |first9=K. |last10=Nomade |first10=S. |last11=Pereira |first11=A. |last12=Reyes |first12=M. C. |last13=Sémah |first13=A.-M. |last14=Shao |first14=Q. |last15=Voinchet |first15=P. |date=May 2018 |title=Earliest known hominin activity in the Philippines by 709 thousand years ago |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0072-8 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=557 |issue=7704 |pages=233–237 |doi=10.1038/s41586-018-0072-8 |pmid=29720661 |s2cid=13742336 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref> It is around 40% the size of mainland ''Stegodon'' species, with a body mass of around 1.3 tons.<ref name="Geer-2016" /> Though the temporal span of ''Stegodon'' on Luzon is not well constrained due to the limited number of finds, remains are suggested to span from at least around 1-0.8 million years ago to around 400,000 years ago.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lambard |first1=Jean-Baptiste |last2=Pereira |first2=Alison |last3=Voinchet |first3=Pierre |last4=Guillou |first4=Hervé |last5=Reyes |first5=Marian C. |last6=Nomade |first6=Sébastien |last7=Gallet |first7=Xavier |last8=Belarmino |first8=Maricar |last9=Bahain |first9=Jean-Jacques |last10=De Vos |first10=John |last11=Falguères |first11=Christophe |last12=Cosalan |first12=Andrea |last13=Ingicco |first13=Thomas |date=October 2024 |title=Geochronological advances in human and proboscideans first arrival date in the Philippines archipelago (Cagayan valley, Luzon Island) |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1871101424001018 |journal=Quaternary Geochronology |language=en |volume=84 |pages=101597 |doi=10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101597|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The extinct dwarf elephant ''[[Elephas beyeri]]'' is also known from the island of an unknown (probably Pleistocene) age,<ref name="Geer-2016">{{Cite journal |last1=Geer |first1=Alexandra A. E. |last2=Bergh |first2=Gerrit D. |last3=Lyras |first3=George A. |last4=Prasetyo |first4=Unggul W. |last5=Due |first5=Rokus Awe |last6=Setiyabudi |first6=Erick |last7=Drinia |first7=Hara |date=August 2016 |title=The effect of area and isolation on insular dwarf proboscideans |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.12743 |journal=Journal of Biogeography |language=en |volume=43 |issue=8 |pages=1656–1666 |doi=10.1111/jbi.12743 |s2cid=87958022 |issn=0305-0270}}</ref> which is estimated to have been about {{Convert|1.2|m|ft}} in shoulder height.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Koenigswald |first=G.H.R. |date=1956 |title=Fossil mammals from the Philippines |journal=Proceedings of the Fourth Far-Eastern Prehistory Congress}}</ref>